WO1999066679A1

WO1999066679A1 - Data transmitting/receiving method and device, and program recorded medium

Info

Publication number: WO1999066679A1
Application number: PCT/JP1999/003278
Authority: WO
Inventors: Satoshi Matsuura; Jun Ozawa; Shoichi Araki; Takeshi Imanaka
Original assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 1998-06-19
Filing date: 1999-06-18
Publication date: 1999-12-23
Also published as: KR100603677B1; EP1091531A1; KR20060021417A; EP1091531A4; KR20010053029A; US20080209492A1; AU4169099A; KR100614347B1; CN1311938A

Abstract

A data transmitting method characterized by transmitting data on at least one of text, image, and voice, an event descriptor for describing an event for driving a processing of the data, a condition descriptor for describing the conditions for processing the data (including unconditional processings), and a data processing descriptor for describing a specific method for processing the data.

Description

Data transmission / reception method, device, and program recording medium The present invention relates to a data reception processing method for performing processing in accordance with the conditions. According to the second aspect of the present invention, when various kinds of information are exchanged via a recording medium, various kinds of data are created, and the created data is read and processed. The present invention relates to a reading device, a data storage method, a data processing method, and a program recording medium.

The third and fourth inventions relate to transmission and reception of complementary information in the field of analog or digital broadcasting systems.

Background art

(First conventional technology) In recent years, with the development of network technology, various types of information using networks Distribution and information receiving systems are being researched and developed. In the conventional exchange between information β connected to a network, there are many simple data communications that receive the data mentioned on the receiving side and use it as it is, and the hardware environment and situation on the terminal side are often changed. It is necessary to be able to judge and automatically change the chrysanthemum method on the terminal side. Under such circumstances, for example, the applicant's Japanese Patent Application No. 10-108832 proposes a method of distributing rule-format data to a terminal device. According to the details (Japanese Patent Application No. 10-1088323), by executing the non-type data to the terminal device, the data is executed according to the hardware environment and the situation on the receiving side. The contents and information can be changed, and the burden of changing the received information manually on the information receiving terminal side can be reduced.

(Second conventional technology) On the other hand, in recent years, with the development of recording media such as flash cards, various types of information have been exchanged using the recording media. The exchange between information devices using a general recording media is like recording data created by the information creator on the media, reading it out with another β, and using it. . There are advantages in exchanging data using a recording medium, such as the necessity of a neat protocol, and the elimination of spatial restrictions such as the installation location of equipment.

(Third conventional technology) In recent years, with the development of digital technology, broadcast signals have been daisy-chained. A digital broadcasting system that broadcasts digitally is being researched and developed. In digital broadcasting systems, in addition to main information consisting of video and audio equivalent to the current television signal, multimedia data consisting of images, graphics, audio, etc. as additional information is multiplexed and broadcast. Is possible.

One example of such a conventional broadcasting system is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-149378, in which a signal is received based on additional information separated from a multiplexed transmitted signal. It controls the operation of control equipment, and makes use of the advantage of multiplexing and transmitting various types of digital broadcast information, thereby increasing the added value of the receiver.

By the way, in the method of »(Japanese Patent Application No. 10-108832), which is the first prior art described above, the judgment of execution on the terminal device side is determined by the ordinary Luno shirt type. As the number of rules held on the terminal device increases because data is transmitted and analyzed, a large amount of CPU power is required to evaluate the condition part of the Norail, and the responsiveness and performance of the system are reduced. In particular, from a cost relationship, the plurality of processing when Rere which has made integrated in one microcomputer that disadvantage is greater Do is Rukoto force ^s. Therefore, a first object of the present invention is to provide a data communication method capable of reducing the load on the CPU and reducing the cost, and a data reception processing method. In addition, information via a recording medium, which is the second prior art method described above, The exchange of data is merely the exchange of data, and there is a problem that it is not possible to realize the inter-β linkage like plug and play. Therefore, the second present invention makes it possible to automatically award a process corresponding to the occurrence of a specified event by describing an event-driven rule together with data. For example, by preparing a rule that is driven as an event when a recording medium is inserted, various types of plug-and-play can be realized. In addition, efficient processing is enabled by allowing time constraints on rules.

In some cases, such as when transmitting data created on a personal computer, the location where the data to be transmitted is created differs from the location where a communication line such as (1) a tongue line is located. There are also problems such as the use of dedicated lines for PCs and wireless connection to deal with the problem, such as high power costs and limited communication speed. According to the method of the second aspect of the present invention, the data creation side writes the information of the destination of the data, the transmission time, etc. to the media as an event-type rule so that the location of the mi-tongue line Since the transmission process can be performed simply by installing only the recording device and inserting the recording medium, problems such as routing of the mi tongue line can be determined.

As described above, the second aspect of the present invention is that when exchanging information between βs, it is not possible to realize personal cooperation such as plug-and-play. The data cannot be efficiently processed because data cannot be efficiently transferred between devices.If you want to talk about data created on a computer for a week, do it Considering the fact that the cost is high and the communication speed is limited, it is possible to realize cooperation between devices such as plug and play when exchanging information between »and when exchanging information It is possible to efficiently process data passed between βs by allowing time restrictions to the rules of, or to say that data created on a personal computer is expensive, it is not expensive and there are restrictions on communication An object of the present invention is to collaborate with an event-driven file creator, an event-driven file reader, a data storage method, a data processing method, and a program recording medium that do not receive the event.

Also, in the prior art disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 9-149493, which is the third prior art described above, a configuration is employed in which a peripheral device to which a receiving device is connected is directly controlled. Therefore, the control command of the peripheral β to be connected to the receiving device must be supported by the receiving device in advance, and a new function is added to the peripheral β. In the case of ¾¾ or ¾¾, it is necessary to correct the control command on the receiving device side. For the same reason, the conventional receiver is suitable for controlling temporary peripheral devices linked to the broadcast content, such as controlling the brightness of the lighting. It is difficult to perform constant control such as updating the normal operation of peripheral β, such as by adding.

The third and fourth present inventions consider the problems of the conventional receiving apparatus, and provide a receiving apparatus, a receiving method, and a transmitting method capable of coping with a new addition of a peripheral device and a new update of contents. The purpose is to provide methods. DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The first invention provides data consisting of at least one of a character, an image, and a sound, an event descriptor describing an event for driving a process on the flit own data, and an event descriptor for a process on the own data. This is a data description method that uses a glue count to refer to a condition descriptor that describes conditions (including unconditional) and a data processing descriptor that describes the specific processing of frt self-data. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data processing method specifying means for processing a data,

Store your own data and the data processing method specified by the restaurant in a file

An event-driven file creation device, comprising: a file creation means; and a file writing means for writing a Sukki file on a recording medium. According to a third aspect of the present invention, an additional information storage location identifier indicating a storage location of additional information and a sad information! This is a method of multiplexing the ¾precedent t ^ child that expresses the precedent information into the broadcast signal and saying it for a week. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the additional information storage location language indicating the storage location of the additional information and the preceding information of the Slit self additional information!ユーザ I and information descriptors that describe the contents This is a wording method in which the overlapping is used to determine the number of glues. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

【Figure 1】

1 is a system configuration diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention.

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Hardware configuration diagram of the first embodiment of the first embodiment of the present invention

[Figure 3]

1 is a system configuration diagram of a receiving side according to a first embodiment of the first invention.

[Fig. 4]

FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a receiving side according to a first embodiment of the first invention.

[Figure 5]

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure on the word side according to the first embodiment of the first invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a GUI on the weekly side according to the first embodiment of the first invention;

[Fig. 7]

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a descriptor generated on the transmission side according to the first embodiment of the first invention. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure on the reception side according to the first embodiment of the i-th invention.

System configuration diagram of the word side according to the second embodiment of the first invention

[Fig. 10]

FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention;

[Fig. 11]

System configuration diagram on the receiving side according to the second embodiment of the first invention

[Fig. 1 2]

Hardware configuration diagram on the receiving side according to the second embodiment of the first invention

[Fig. 13]

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure on the i ^ side according to the second embodiment of the first invention.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a descriptor generated on the side of the language according to the second embodiment of the first invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure on the receiving side according to the second embodiment of the first invention. System configuration diagram on the receiving side according to the third embodiment of the first invention

[Fig. 17]

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure on the receiving side according to the third embodiment of the first invention.

System configuration diagram on the receiving side according to a fourth embodiment of the first invention

[Fig. 19]

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure on the receiving side according to the fourth embodiment of the first invention.

System configuration diagram on the conjunction side in the fifth embodiment of the first invention

[Fig. 21]

Hardware diagram of the word side of the fifth embodiment of the first invention

[Fig. 22]

System configuration diagram on the receiving side according to a fifth embodiment of the first invention

[Fig. 23]

FIG. 10 is a hardware configuration diagram of a receiving side according to the fifth embodiment of the first invention.

[Fig. 24]

5 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the fifth embodiment of the present invention on the word side. FIG. 25 is a diagram showing an example of a descriptor generated on the speech side in the ^fifth embodiment of the first invention. FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of a reception side in the fifth embodiment of the first invention. Flow chart showing operation procedure [Fig. 27]

System configuration diagram on the writing side according to the first embodiment of the second invention

[Fig. 28]

FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a write-in side on a writing side according to the first embodiment of the second invention.

FIG. 4 is a system configuration diagram on the reading side according to the first embodiment of the second invention.

[Fig. 30]

FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram on the reading side according to the first embodiment of the second invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure on the write side according to the first embodiment of the second invention.

[Fig. 3 2]

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a GU I on the write side according to the first embodiment of the second invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a file generated on the writing side according to the first embodiment of the second invention.

[Fig. 3 4] 2 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure on the reading side according to the first embodiment of the second invention.

[Fig. 35]

System configuration diagram on the writing side according to the second embodiment of the second invention

[Fig. 36]

FIG. 37 is a configuration diagram of a hardware on the write side according to the second embodiment of the second invention.

System configuration diagram on the reading side according to the second embodiment of the second invention

[Fig. 3 8]

FIG. 39 is a configuration diagram of a hard disk on the read side according to the second embodiment of the second invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure on the writing side according to the second embodiment of the second invention.

[Fig. 40]

FIG. 41 is a diagram showing an example of a GUI on the write side according to the second embodiment of the second invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a file generated on the writing side according to the second embodiment of the second invention.

[Fig. 42]

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure on the reading side according to the second embodiment of the second invention.

[Fig. 4 3]

System configuration diagram on the writing side according to the third embodiment of the second invention [Fig. 4 4]

FIG. 45 is a hardware configuration diagram on the write side according to the third embodiment of the second invention.

System configuration diagram on the read side according to the third embodiment of the second invention

[Fig. 4 6]

FIG. 47 is a hardware configuration diagram on the reading side according to the third embodiment of the second invention.

9 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure on the writing side according to the third embodiment of the second invention.

[Fig. 4 8]

The figure which shows the example of the heating control data input screen of the writing side of the 3rd Embodiment of this invention 2

[Fig. 49]

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a file generated on the writing side according to the third embodiment of the second invention.

[Fig. 50]

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure on the reading side according to the third embodiment of the second invention.

[Fig. 5 1]

System configuration diagram on the writing side according to the fourth embodiment of the second invention

[Fig. 52]

FIG. 53 is a hardware configuration diagram on the write side according to the fourth embodiment of the second invention. FIG. 54 is a system configuration diagram on the reading side according to the fourth embodiment of the second invention.

FIG. 55 is a configuration diagram of a hard disk on the reading side according to the fourth embodiment of the second invention.

9 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure on the write side according to the fourth embodiment of the second invention.

[Fig. 5 6]

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a file generated on the writing side according to the fourth embodiment of the second invention.

[Fig. 5 7]

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure on the reading side according to the fourth embodiment of the second invention.

[Fig. 58]

FIG. 5 9 is a system configuration diagram on the transmission side according to the first embodiment of the third invention.

Hardware configuration on the transmitting side according to the first embodiment of the third invention FIG.

[Fig. 60]

FIG. 6 1 is a system configuration diagram of a receiving side according to the first embodiment of the third invention.

Hardware configuration on the receiving side according to the first embodiment of the _third invention FIG.

[Fig. 6 2] The operation procedure on the transmitting side according to the first embodiment of the third invention is shown below.

[Fig. 6 3]

Example of data structure for multiplexed video, audio, identifier, and additional information

[Fig. 6 4]

Port ¹ to channel ¹ to 3 showing the operation procedure on the receiving side according to the first embodiment of the third invention.

[Fig. 65]

FIG. 6 is a system configuration diagram on the transmission side according to the first embodiment of the fourth invention.

Hardware configuration on the transmitting side according to the first embodiment of the fourth invention FIG.

[Fig. 6 7]

FIG. 6 8 is a system configuration diagram on the receiving side according to the first embodiment of the fourth invention.

Hard-air configuration on the receiving side according to the first embodiment of the fourth invention FIG.

[Fig. 6 9]

A flowchart illustrating an operation procedure on the transmitting side according to the first embodiment of the fourth invention.

[Fig. 70]

Multiplexed video, audio, identifier, and additional information Figure showing an example of the data structure for

[Fig. 71]

Fourth Embodiment A flowchart showing the operation procedure on the receiving side according to the first embodiment of the fourth invention.

[Fig. 7 2]

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a screen display example on the receiving side according to the first embodiment of the fourth invention.

[Fig. 7 3]

Fourth Embodiment System configuration diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention

[Fig. 7 4]

Hardware configuration diagram of the second embodiment of the fourth invention

[Fig. 7 5]

4 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure according to the second embodiment of the fourth invention.

[Fig. 7 6]

Fourth Embodiment System configuration diagram of the third embodiment of the present invention

[Fig. 7 7]

Hardware configuration diagram of the third embodiment of the fourth invention

[Fig. 7 8]

4 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the third embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig.79]

Fourth Embodiment System configuration diagram of the fourth embodiment of the present invention [Fig.80]

Hardware configuration diagram of a fourth embodiment of the fourth invention

[Fig. 8 1]

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 8 2]

System configuration diagram of a fifth embodiment of the fourth invention

[Fig. 8 3]

Hardware configuration diagram of the fifth embodiment of the fourth present invention

[Fig. 84]

Flow chart showing the operation procedure of the fifth embodiment of the fourth invention • h

[Fig.85]

System configuration diagram of a sixth embodiment of the fourth invention

[Fig. 8 6]

Hardware configuration diagram of the sixth embodiment of the fourth present invention

[Fig. 8 7]

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a screen display example according to the sixth embodiment of the fourth invention.

[Explanation of symbols] 101 Transmission data designating means 102 Data processing method designating means 103 Descriptor generator

104 Transmission data synthesis unit

105 transmitter

106 modem

107 Time constraint specification method

108 Time constraint descriptor generator 201 CPU

202 Main memory

203 Auxiliary storage device

301 Receiver

302 Receive data separation unit

303 Data storage means

304 Data processing descriptor storage means 305 Condition descriptor storage means 306 Event descriptor storage means 307 Data processing unit

308 Ratings

309

310 Data display means

31 1 User input method

312 '-Time constraint descriptor storage means

313

314 Timing means

315 time constraint descriptor storage means

316 Condition evaluation control unit

317 Processing time constraint descriptor storage means

318 Processing time control unit

401 VRAM

501 signal encoder

502 Descriptor coding section

503 rule encoder

504 Additional information encoder 505 Multiplexer

506 words

507 upconverter

508 antenna

701 receiving antenna

702

703 Tuner

704 Separation unit

705 Signal decoding unit

706 Descriptor decoding unit

707 Rule decoding

708 Additional information decoding

709 Rule execution [5

710 monitor

711 Speed

1 0 1 A Data designation means

1 0 2 A Data processing method specifying means

1 0 3 A Descriptor generator 0 4 A File creation section

0 5 A File writing unit

0 1 A C P U

0 2 A Main memory

0 3 A Auxiliary storage device

0 1 A File reading section

0 2 A Identifier separation unit

0 3 A Data processing descriptor storage means 0 4 A Condition descriptor storage means

0 5 A Event descriptor storage means 0 6 A Data processing unit

0 7 A Condition evaluation section

0 8 A Event receiving unit

0 9 A Data display means

1 0 A Timing means

0 1 A V R A M

0 1 A Data transmission method specification means 0 1 A Destination descriptor storage means 0 2 A Data transmission section

0 3 A Modem

0 1 A Heating control data input means 0 2 A Heating condition specifying means

1 0 1 A Heating control section 1 0 2 A Heating heater

1 0 3 A User input section

1 0 4 A Heating control data storage means 3 0 1 A Related information specifying means

3 0 2 A Display condition specifying means

5 0 1 A Related information display means

5 0 2 A Program selection means

0 1 B signal encoder

0 2 B identifier 1 Encoding unit

0 3 B identifier 2 Encoding unit

0 4 B Additional information encoder

0 5 B Multiplexer

0 6 B Transmitter

0 7 B Upconverter

0 8 B Transmit antenna

0 1 B C P U

0 2 B Main memory

0 3 B Auxiliary storage device

0 1 B Receive antenna

0 2 B Downconverter

0 3 B Tuner

0 4 B Separation section

0 5 B signal decoding unit 0 6 B identifier 1 Decoding section

0 7 B identifier 2 Decoding section

0 8 B Additional information decoding section

0 9 B transfer section

1 0 B monitor

1 1 B Speaker

0 1 C signal encoder

0 2 C Storage location identifier encoding unit 0 3 C Transfer destination identifier encoding unit 0 4 C User confirmation information encoding unit 0 5 C Additional information encoding unit

0 6 C Multiplexer

0 7 C Transmitter

0 8 C Upco

0 9 C Send fan

0 1 C C P U

0 2 C

0 3 C Auxiliary storage

0 1 C Receiving antenna

0 2 C Down converter

0 3 C Chew 10

0 4 C Separation section

0 5 C signal decoder 3 0 6 C Storage location identifier decoding unit

3 0 7 C Transfer destination identifier decoding unit

3 0 8 C Additional information decoding

3 0 9 C User confirmation information descriptor decryption unit

3 10 C Time measurement section

3 1 1 C transfer section

3 1 2 C monitor

3 1 3 C speed

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION First, each embodiment of the first present invention will be described.

(Embodiment 1 of First Invention) FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a speech side according to a first embodiment of the first invention. In FIG. 1, 101 is transmission data designating means for designating data to be said, and 102 is data processing designating how to process speech data on the receiving side. 0 3 is a descriptor generation unit that generates an event descriptor, a condition descriptor, and a data processing descriptor according to the data processing method specified by the data processing method designating means 102, and 104 is a word data and An linguistic data synthesizing unit for compressing and synthesizing descriptors, 105 is a word unit for expressing the data synthesized by the word data synthesizing unit 104 by a predetermined protocol, and 106 is a modem. FIG. 2 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the word system configured as described above is executed. Figure 2 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Further, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 1 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 202 denotes a main storage device comprising a volatile memory for storing programs, reference numeral 203 denotes an auxiliary storage device comprising a nonvolatile memory for storing programs and data, and reference numeral 201 denotes a main storage device. This is the CPU that executes the program stored in 202. As described above, the hardware configuration is basically the same as that of a general-purpose computer system, and the programs stored in the auxiliary storage device 203 are loaded into the main storage device 202, Are executed by the CPU 201. Figure 3 shows the system configuration on the receiving side. In order to include the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 1, the same components will be assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 310 denotes a receiving unit that receives data according to a predetermined protocol, reference numeral 302 denotes a received data separating unit that decompresses and separates received data, and reference numeral 303 denotes a data storage unit that stores separated data. Reference numeral 304 denotes data processing descriptor storage means for storing data processing descriptors among the separated descriptors, reference numeral 304 denotes condition descriptor storage means for storing condition descriptors, and reference numeral 304 denotes event descriptors. An event descriptor storage means for storing, 307 is a data processing unit for processing the data stored in the data storage means 303 based on the data processing descriptor, and 308 is a data processing unit based on the condition descriptor. The condition evaluation unit that evaluates the conditions An event receiving unit that receives the occurrence of an event based on the descriptor, 310 is a data display unit that displays data, and 311 is a user input unit that receives an input from a user. FIG. 4 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the system configured as described above is executed. Figure 4 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Also, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. Reference numeral 401 denotes a VRAM for storing image data and the like to realize a graphic user interface. The operation of the system configured as described above will be described in the order of the speech side and the reception side. The operation on the side of the week will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. For example, if the user presses the start button of a microwave oven when a microwave oven malfunctions, the condition for processing to display “Now, the microwave is out of use. An example of transmission and reception will be described. In this example, it is assumed that the language data and the data processing method are specified by a GUI as shown in FIG.

Specify the data you want to send. In this example, "I'm out of order. Please use the next range. Is created as an editor as {DATA1.TXT}, and specified as verbal data. Step a 2> Specify the data processing method. In this example, we want the data to be displayed when the user presses the start button, so we select "press the start button" as the event, select "microwave oven failure" as the condition, and finally specify the specific data. Select "Display" as the processing method.

Until the send button is pressed, the designation of the data processing method in step a2 is accepted. If the word button is pressed, go to step a4.

Specified data processing: Generates event descriptors, condition descriptors, and data processing descriptors based on the ϋ ^ method. Figure 7 shows an example of the generated descriptor.

The transmission data synthesizing unit 104 combines the specified data with each of the keywords by) B.

The transmitting unit 105 performs data idiom via the modem 106 according to a predetermined protocol, and terminates the update step. In the present embodiment, image data such as force GIF and JPEG using text data as data to be transmitted, and! Image data such as! PEG or data written using Raigo such as HTML or XML is acceptable. Also, binary (including bytecode) and programs that can be executed on the receiving side can be described as data. This can be used to upgrade the version of software on the receiving device side. It is not always necessary to process the data itself, for example, by describing a command / program that directly controls the receiving device in the data processing descriptor, or by including the display data in the data processing descriptor. Good (corresponding to claims 13 and 14). In addition, each descriptor may be described collectively using MIME multi-parts. In this embodiment, a modem is used as communication β, but it goes without saying that other communication β may be used depending on the communication path (digital line, Internet, digital broadcasting, etc.) to be used. The communication protocol may be a proprietary one, or XMODEM, FTP, HTTP, SMTP, or G3 BFT. Next, the operation of the receiving side will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

1> Stand by in the ringer waiting state, go off-hook when the ringer is received, and connect the line. Step b 2> Receive data using modem 106 via modem 106.

'b 3> Receiving data completed in step b 2 ^ The data is decompressed and divided into data and event descriptors, condition descriptors, and data processing descriptors. Step b 4> The divided data is stored in the data storage means 303, the data processing language is stored in the data processing descriptor storage means 304, and the condition descriptor is stored in the conditional language storage means 304. The event descriptor is stored in the event descriptor storage means 306, respectively. Step b5> The event receiver 309 receives the event described in the event descriptor. The ^ receiving the event proceeds to step b6 with the corresponding event descriptor. In this example, “press the start button” from the user input means 3 1 1 is received as an event. In step b6> the condition descriptor associated with the event descriptor in step b5 is evaluated by the condition evaluation unit 308. If the condition is satisfied, proceed to step 1] 7. Here, it is determined whether or not the “microwave oven has failed”. Step b7> Based on the data processing descriptor corresponding to the condition descriptor satisfying the condition in step b6, the data is processed by the data processing unit 307, and the step ends. In this example, the message "Failed now. Please use the next range" is displayed on the data display means 310. As the data processing, the simplest display has been described as an example in the above embodiment. However, a condition for describing a user profile in a condition descriptor and a process for editing data contents according to a user are described. Also good. By using such a data transmission method and a reception processing method, it is possible to transmit an event-driven rule for determining a condition based on an event on the receiving side and execute an operation according to a situation on the receiving side. Will be possible. In short, in general, events such as user input occur unexpectedly when they are not expected. The advantage of using event-driven processing as in the present invention is great, since the method of monitoring the load excessively increases the load.

(First Embodiment of the Present Invention 2) FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram of a word side according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In order to include the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 1, the same components will be assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted. In FIG. 9, 107 is a time constraint designating means for designating a time constraint, and 108 is an event constraint time descriptor and a condition time constraint based on the time constraint designated by the time constraint designating means 107. The time constraint descriptor generation unit that generates the descriptor and the processing time constraint descriptor, and the data synthesis unit 104 includes each time constraint descriptor. FIG. 10 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the transmission-side system configured as described above is executed. Figure 1◦ is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Further, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 9 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and explanations thereof are omitted. Figure 11 shows the system configuration on the receiving side. Note that, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 11, only the event time constraint is present. System configuration shown in Fig. 9 Since the same components are included as the components, the same components will be assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted. In FIG. 11, reference numeral 3 1 2 denotes an event time constraint descriptor storing means for storing an event time constraint descriptor separated from received data, and reference numeral 3 13 denotes validity / invalidity of event reception based on the event time constraint descriptor. The event reception management unit 314 manages the current time and the timekeeping means for maintaining the current time and measuring the time interval. FIG. 12 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the system configured as described above is executed. Figure 12 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Also, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 11 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. The operation of the system configured as described above will be described in the order of the speech side and the reception side. The operation of the language will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. For example, the case of giving present information with an expiration date for an application will be described. When the application button is selected, the entry format for application will be displayed until September 30, and the message “Application has been closed.” Will be displayed from October 1st. I do.

Specify the data you want to send. In this example, the information body, the input format for application ("F0RM1. DAT") and the sentence "Application has been closed."("DATA2.ΤΧΓ") are created and specified as word data. . Step c 2> Specify the data processing method. In this example, it is specified that predetermined information is displayed when the user presses the application button. Since two different types of display are performed according to the time constraints described below, display processing is specified in each case. If there are no special display conditions, do not specify any conditions. If no condition is specified, it is assumed that the condition is always satisfied.

Specify the time constraint for event reception. In this example, when the application button is pressed, the same event will be displayed differently according to the date and time for the same event, so the two display processes specified in step c 2 will be performed in September Event time restrictions are set to be valid until 30th, and valid from 1st October.

Until the send button is pressed, the specification of the time constraint in step c3 is accepted. If the send button has been pressed, the process proceeds to step c5.

Generates event, condition, and data processing descriptors based on the specified data processing, and generates event time constraint descriptors according to the specified time constraints. In this example, two sets of descriptors that have the same event descriptor differing only in time constraints are used to perform different processing depending on the time zone. Figure 14 shows an example of a descriptor generated at c7 ° c5. c 6> The transmission data synthesizing unit 104 combines the specified data with each child in iB. c 7> The transmitting unit 105 sends the data according to the predetermined protocol via the modem 106 and ends the step. In this embodiment, only the time constraint on the event is described, but it goes without saying that the condition and the time constraint on the data processing can be specified. In step c5, a condition time constraint descriptor and a processing time constraint descriptor are generated.

It is assumed that all the elements in 6 are compressed and synthesized. Next, the operation of the receiving side will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 15. cd 1> Standby in the ringer waiting state, and when the ringer is received, connect the circuit.

<Step d 2> Receive data by a predetermined protocol via the modem 106 _cd 3> When data reception is completed in step d2, the received data is decompressed and divided into data and event time constraint descriptors, event descriptors, condition descriptors, and data processing descriptors.

<Step d 4> Event description of the divided data in data storage means 303, data processing descriptor in data processing descriptor storage means 304, condition descriptor in condition descriptor storage means 304 The child is stored in the event descriptor storage means 302, and the event time constraint description

'They are stored in the time constraint descriptor storage means 3 1 and 2 respectively. d 5> With reference to the event time constraint descriptor, generate a time table that manages the period during which each event descriptor is valid. This example generates a time table in which the descriptor (a) in Fig. 14 is valid until September 30, and the descriptor in (b) in Fig. 14 is valid after October 1 I do.

<Step d6> Based on the time table generated in step d5, the event receiving unit 309 receives an event corresponding to the event descriptor whose reception is currently valid. If an event is accepted, proceed to step d6. In this example, since both the descriptors (a) and (b) of FIG. 14 are specified to receive the same event, as a result, regardless of the date and time, “ Press the application button ”is received as an event (conditions to be evaluated and data processing to be executed differ depending on the event reception). Step d7> The condition evaluation unit 308 evaluates the condition of the conditional language associated with the currently valid event descriptor in step d6. If the condition is satisfied, proceed to step d8. In this example, no condition is specified, so it is considered unconditionally satisfied. In step d8, the data processing unit 307 performs data processing based on the data processing element corresponding to the condition descriptor satisfying the condition in step d7, and ends the step. Here, until September 30, the data processing shown in Fig. 14 (a) is executed to display the application format, and after October 1, the data shown in Fig. 14 (b) is displayed. Execute the process and display “Application has been closed” on the data display means 310. As the data processing, the simplest display is used as an example.For example, in the case of a sales system, it is possible to describe the processing that will be sold at a discount of 8◦% of the sales target after 18:00:00. Good les ,. By using such a data transmission method and reception method, it is possible to easily create a rule on the word side that allows the reception side to automatically change the processing corresponding to the event according to the date and time when the event occurs. Can be said. For this reason, the processing for the same event can be changed depending on the time zone, or processing that is effective only in a specific time zone can be realized.

(First Embodiment of the Present Invention 3) The system configuration and the hardware configuration on the word side according to the third embodiment of the present invention are the same as the configurations shown in FIGS. Figure 16 shows the system configuration on the receiving side. Since the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 11 are included, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In FIG. 16, 3 15 is a condition time constraint descriptor storage means for storing the condition time constraint descriptor separated from the received data, and 3 16 is a condition evaluation for controlling the condition evaluation based on the condition time constraint descriptor. It is a control unit. The hardware configuration of the present embodiment in which the system configured as described above is executed is the same as the hardware configuration shown in FIG. 12 and will not be described. The operation of the system configured as described above will be described. The description on the transmitting side is almost the same as that shown in the flow chart of FIG. 13 and therefore the description is omitted, and only the front end shown in FIG. 17 is shown on the receiving side. This will be described below. For example, in the case of inventory management, if a specified product cannot be sold for more than one month after the product has been delivered, a case where the center is contacted will be explained.

Stand by in the ringer waiting state, and when a ringer is received, go off-hook and connect to the line.

<Step e2> Data is received via the modem 106 using a predetermined protocol. 3> When the data reception is completed in step e2, the received data is decompressed and divided into data, an event descriptor, a condition time constraint language, a condition descriptor, and a data processor identifier. Step e 4> Event description of the divided data in data storage means 303, data processing descriptor in data processing descriptor storage means 304, condition descriptor in condition descriptor storage means 304 The child is stored in the event descriptor storage means 306 and the condition time constraint descriptor is stored in the condition time constraint descriptor storage means 315. e 5>

. Receiving section 309 receives the event described in the event descriptor. If an event is accepted, go to step e6. In this example, “delivery of goods” from the user input means 3 1 1 is received as an event.

Based on the condition time constraint descriptor, a time table for condition evaluation is generated.

Based on the time table generated in step e6, the condition evaluation unit 308 evaluates the condition under the control of the condition evaluation control unit 316 while considering the time constraint. If the condition is satisfied, go to step e7. In this example, the inventory time of the product after delivery is measured, and the condition is satisfied when the time exceeds one month. Based on the contents of the data processing descriptor corresponding to the condition descriptor of 7 ° e 8> e 6, the data is processed by the data processing unit 307 and the step is completed. In this example, the center is contacted. By using such data transmission method and reception method, it is possible to cope with conditions that require continuous evaluation.

(First Embodiment of the Present Invention 4) Since the system configuration and hardware configuration of the word side according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention are the same as the configurations shown in FIGS. Is omitted. Figure 18 shows the system configuration on the receiving side. Since the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 11 are included, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In FIG. 18, reference numeral 3 17 denotes a processing time constraint descriptor storage unit for storing a processing time constraint descriptor separated from the received data, and 3 18 performs data processing based on the processing time constraint descriptor. It is a processing time control unit that controls the time. The hardware configuration of the present embodiment in which the system configured as described above is executed is the same as the hardware configuration shown in FIG. The operation of the system configured as described above will be described. The transmission side is almost the same as that shown in the flowchart of FIG. 13 and therefore the description is omitted, and only the reception side will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG. Here, an example will be described in which, when a message to be said is received, an urgent specification is made, and ^ is a message received at a cheap time at midnight after 23:00:00.

<Step f 1> Wait in the ringer waiting state, and when a ringer is received, go off-hook and connect and connect the line.

7 ° f 2> Receive data via the modem 106 with a predetermined protocol.

When the data reception is completed in step f2, the received data is decompressed and divided into data and event descriptors, condition descriptors, processing time constraint descriptors, and data processing descriptors.

The divided data is stored in the data storage means 303, the data processing descriptor is stored in the data processing descriptor storage means 304, the condition descriptor is stored in the condition descriptor, and the event descriptor is stored in the means 305. The processing time constraint descriptor is stored in the processing time constraint descriptor storage means 317 and the processing time constraint descriptor is stored in the processing time constraint descriptor storage means 317. f 5> Event receiver 309 receives the event described in the event descriptor I do. If the event is received, the process proceeds to step f6. In this example, the user input means 311 receives a "message request" as an event.

<Step f6> The condition evaluator 308 evaluates the condition described in the condition descriptor associated with the event event valid in step f5. If the condition is satisfied, go to step f7. In this example, the condition is satisfied in the case where "urgent" is not specified for the message that issued the word request. Step 7: The processing time described in the data processing descriptor corresponding to the condition descriptor of 7> f6 is repeated, and the processing time control unit starts data processing according to the specification of the processing time constraint descriptor. The data processing unit 307 is notified. In this example, 2 3: if 0 0 a message is to be word at the time of past, the execution of the word is Ru is Tsushitsu port to the data processing Ri咅I ^7). Step f8> The data processing unit 307 notified of the start of the data processing responds to the data processing and ends the step. In this example, we say the message. By using such a data transmission method and a reception processing method, it is possible to execute the processing at a different time from the event detection and the condition evaluation time. Communication can be performed, and access times can be shifted for each region so that access to the center is not concentrated. It will work.

(First Embodiment of the Present Invention 5) FIG. 20 is a system configuration diagram on the transmitting side according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 20, reference numeral 501 denotes a signal encoding unit that performs appropriate encoding processing including compression and the like on a broadcast signal, and reference numeral 502 denotes a signal synchronous with the encoding of the signal encoding unit. Event descriptor encoding is performed by the event descriptor encoding unit, and 503 is a rule code that encodes rules associated with the event descriptor in synchronization with the encoding of the signal encoding unit. Encoding section, 504 is an additional information encoding section that encodes additional information in synchronization with encoding of the signal encoding section, and 505 is an encoded utterance, descriptor, and addition information. A multiplexing unit that performs multiplexing processing of information, 506 is a word unit that performs processing necessary for words such as channel codec and modulation on the multi-windowed signal, and 507 is a predetermined high frequency. The up-converter that modulates the signal is 508. FIG. 21 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the transmission side system configured as described above is executed. Figure 21 is basically the same as the configuration of the general-purpose computation system. Also, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIGS. 2 and 20 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and explanations are omitted. Figure 22 shows the system configuration on the receiving side. Since the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 3 are included, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In FIG. 22, reference numeral 701 denotes a receiving antenna, and reference numeral 702 denotes a downconverter for modulating a satellite wave received from the receiving antenna to a predetermined low frequency. 703 is a digital broadcast receiving tuner, 704 is a signal selected by the tuner, separated into elephant information and speech information, an event descriptor, event information, and additional information 705 is a signal decoding unit that decodes the coded algebra, and 706 is an event descriptor decoding unit that decodes the coded event descriptor 707 is a rule decoding section for decoding the encoded rule, 708 is an additional information decoding section for decoding the encoded additional information, and 709 is a rule condition evaluation and 亍A rule execution unit to be performed, 710 is a monitor, and 711 is a speaker. FIG. 23 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the system configured as described above is executed. Figure 23 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. In addition, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIGS. 2 and 22 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. The operation of the system configured as described above will be described in the order of the speech side and the reception side. The operation of the speaker will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this example, when the on-screen display is enabled, rule 1 displays “Receiving additional information” on the monitor and the user presses the display button if the on-screen display is enabled. As an event, if additional information is being received, a description will be given of an example in which a no-rail 2 for displaying the content of the additional information on a monitor is sent. Step g 1> Appropriate encoding processing, including compression, etc., by the signal encoding unit 501 for information such as standard television signals, TV signals, and ivision signals, and the relevant radio signals consisting of related audio information I do. Check if there is any additional information related to the verbal symbol encoded in g2> g1, and if so, proceed to step g3. If not, go to step g8. Step _g3 > The multiplexed additional information is encoded by the additional information encoding unit 504 in the same manner as in step g1. Step g4> Specify the processing of the additional information and the processing details as a rule, and further specify the event that fires the rule. According to the specified contents, generate a noler and an event descriptor. Here, Rule 1 and Norelle 2 are specified. Figure 25 shows the generated descriptor. Step g5> The event descriptor encoding unit 502 encodes the event descriptor. Step g 5〉

The rule encoding is performed by the rule encoding unit 503. Step g7> The multiplexing process is performed by the multiplexing unit 505 with the coded alodic code, the additional information, the event descriptor, and the rule as inputs.

<Step g8> The signal multiplexed in step g7 is subjected to necessary processing, such as channel codec modulation, by the word unit 506 to be modulated into a digital broadcast word signal. Step g9> After transmitting to the broadcast satellite via the upconverter 507 and the idiom antenna 508. Next, the operation on the receiving side will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

The satellite wave received by the receiving antenna 701 is down-converted to a predetermined frequency band by the down-converter 702 and supplied to the digital demodulator via the digital broadcasting tuner 703 to perform channel selection and demodulation processing.

In 1 the digital radio channel, which has been selected and demodulated, is separated into the program information consisting of video information and audio information, event descriptors, rules, and additional information in the separation unit 7◦4. Step h3> The event descriptor in the received signal is decoded by the event descriptor decoding unit 706. Step h4> The rule in the received signal is decoded by the normal decoding unit 707. Step h5> The additional information decoding unit 708 decodes the additional information in the received signal. Step h6> The event corresponding to the event descriptor decrypted in step h3 is accepted. If the event is accepted ^, go to step h7. In this example, the process proceeds to the next step when the ability to receive the event “receiving additional information” and the event “the display button was pressed” are received. In step h7> evaluate the rule condition corresponding to the event descriptor received in step h6, and finish the step. In this example, additional information was received: For ½, execute No.1 to check whether the on-screen display is enabled, and for ^, display additional information on the monitor 7110. Is displayed. In addition, when the user presses the display button, the node 2 is turned off, and if the additional information is being received, the additional information is displayed. By using such a digital broadcasting method and receiving method, it is possible to determine the condition based on the event on the receiving side, and to describe an event-driven rule, and to execute an operation according to the situation on the receiving side. Will be possible. In the present embodiment, the interrupt to the CPU is treated as an event in the above embodiment. However, the event of the present invention is not limited to this, and refers to an externally generated event that does not need to be monitored. Further, the program medium of the present invention is a program medium such as a CD storing a program for realizing all or a part of each processing process in the above-described data coding method by a computer. A program medium such as a DVD that stores a program for realizing all or a part of each processing process in a processing method by a computer. Next, each embodiment of the second invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Second embodiment of the present invention 1)

FIG. 27 is a system configuration diagram on the write side according to the first embodiment of the second invention. In FIG. 27, 101 A is data designating means for designating data to be stored, 102 A is data processing method designating means for designating how to process data on the reading side, and 103 A is a data processing method designating means 100 2 A descriptor generating unit for generating an event descriptor, a condition descriptor, and a data processing descriptor in accordance with the data processing method specified by A, and 104 is data. And a file that converts each descriptor to a predetermined file format. A file creation unit 105A is a file writing unit that writes the file created by the file creation unit 104A into a predetermined storage medium.

FIG. 28 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the system on the writing side configured as described above is executed. Figure 28 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Also, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 27 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In FIG. 28, reference numeral 202 A denotes a main storage device composed of a volatile memory for storing a program, reference numeral 203 A denotes an auxiliary storage device composed of a nonvolatile memory for storing programs and data, and reference numeral 201 A denotes a main storage device composed of a nonvolatile memory for storing programs and data. This is the CPU that executes the programs stored in the main storage device 202A. As described above, this hardware configuration is basically the same as a general-purpose computer system, and the programs stored in the auxiliary storage device 203A are loaded into the main storage device 202A. It is then executed by CPU 201A.

Figure 29 shows the system configuration on the read side. Since the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 27 are included, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In FIG. 29, reference numeral 310 A denotes a file reading unit for reading a file from a predetermined storage medium, reference numeral 302 A denotes a descriptor separating unit for extracting and separating each descriptor from the read file, and reference numeral 303 A Is a data processing descriptor storage method that stores the data processing descriptor among the separated descriptors. Column, 304 A is a condition descriptor storage means for storing a condition descriptor, 304 A is an event descriptor storage means for storing an event descriptor, and 304 A is data based on a data processing descriptor. 307A is a condition evaluator that evaluates conditions based on condition descriptors, and 308A is an event receiver that accepts events based on event descriptors. 309A is data display means for displaying data, and 310A is time measuring means for returning time.

FIG. 30 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the system configured as described above is executed. Figure 30 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Further, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 29 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and explanations thereof are omitted.

The operation of the system configured as described above will be described in the order of the writing side and the reading side. First, the operation on the writing side will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

For example, an example will be described in which a message to a family is created on the writing side, written to the flash card, and a flash card is inserted into the reading side, and the message is displayed at a time set to display the message.

The message to be displayed is specified by the data specifying means 101A. In this example, the message "Please take in the laundry" Input using a list editor.

Step a 2>

Data processing method designating means Specify the data processing method from 102A. In this example, we want the message to be displayed at a predetermined time, so we set “timer count completed” as the event and “15:00:00” as the condition, and finally set the data "Display" is set as a specific processing method. Figure 32 shows an example of a screen for data specification and data processing method specification.

Until the decision button is pressed, the designation of the data processing method in step a2 is accepted. When the enter button is pressed, the process proceeds to step a4.

Generate event descriptors, condition descriptors, and data processing descriptors based on the specified data processing method.

Step a 5>

The file creation unit 104A converts the specified data and each descriptor into a predetermined file format. Figure 33 shows an example of the generated file format. Here, each descriptor is converted to a file called RULE1.TXT, and the data is converted to a DATAl.TXT file. In RULE1.TXT, DATAl.TXT is associated as display data.

<Step a 6> The file is written to the flash card by the file writing unit 105A, and the step is completed.

In the above description, text input using a text editor was used as a message input method, but input using a tablet, voice input using a microphone, or image input using a camera may be used.

Further, a text format file is used as the file format, but a binary format may be used.

Furthermore, as for the file system, the format used in the general OS has been described, but a proprietary format may be used.

Next, the operation on the read side will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Check if the flash card has been inserted. If a flash card is inserted, go to step b2.

Step b 2>

File read unit Reads the descriptor file from 106A.

The file read in step b2 is divided into event descriptors, condition descriptors, and data processing descriptors.

Step b 4>

Data processing descriptor storage means for storing the divided data processing descriptors 3 0A, the condition descriptor is stored in the condition descriptor storage means 304A, and the event descriptor is stored in the event descriptor storage means 304A.

Step b 5>

The event reception unit 308 A receives the event described in the event descriptor. If the event is accepted, proceed to step b6. In this example, a “timer interrupt” from the timing means 31 O A is received as an event.

The condition of the condition descriptor associated with the event descriptor of step b5 is evaluated by the condition evaluation unit 308A. If the condition is satisfied, proceed to step b7. Here, it is determined whether the force is “15: 0”.

Based on the data processing descriptor corresponding to the condition descriptor satisfying the condition in step b6, the corresponding data file is read from the storage medium, and the data is processed by the data processing unit 307A. End the step. Here, the display "Load laundry" is displayed on the data display means 309A.

As described above, when the flash card is inserted, the reading side automatically reads each descriptor, enters a standby state to automatically receive the event described in the event descriptor, and enters the event state. Wait for that to happen. Although the simplest message display is given as an example of the data processing, a procedure such as a cooking recipe may be guided by voice using the elapsed time as an event.

Further, the flash card is taken as an example of the storage medium, but it goes without saying that other removable media such as a hard disk may be used, and a ROM (Read Only Memory) such as a CD-ROM is used as the medium. You may use it.

The file creator of the present embodiment is an example of the file creator of the present invention. The file writer of the present embodiment is an example of the file writer of the present invention. The file reading unit is an example of the file reading unit of the present invention, and the data processing unit, the condition evaluation unit, and the event receiving unit of the present embodiment are examples of the data processing unit of the present invention.

By using such an event-driven file creation device, an event-driven file reading device, a data storage method, and a data processing method, for example, the writing side can be realized as software of a personal computer. It can be realized as an adapter that connects the reading side to the TV. This makes it possible to create relatively complicated data and to make the reading side simple and inexpensive. In addition, since the message viewer does not need any special operations, there are advantages such as easy use for children and the elderly.

(Second embodiment of the present invention 2) FIG. 35 is a system configuration diagram on the write side according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Since FIG. 35 includes the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 27, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

In FIG. 35, 501 A is a data transmission method designating means for designating a telephone number of a destination to which data is to be transmitted and a timing of transmitting data by a time, a certain number, and an event.

FIG. 36 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the system on the writing side configured as described above is executed. Figure 36 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Further, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIGS. 28 and 35 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

Figure 37 shows the system configuration on the transmitting (reading) side. Since the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 29 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In FIG. 37, reference numeral 700 A denotes a destination descriptor storage unit for storing a destination descriptor among the separated descriptors, and reference numeral 70 A denotes an event descriptor based on the destination descriptor. The data transmission unit for transmitting the attached data, 703A is a modem.

FIG. 38 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the system configured as described above is executed. Figure 38 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Figure 28, and Since the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 37 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

Here, a case where image data is recorded on a flash card and transmitted will be described.

First, the writing of a file to the flash card will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Step c 1>

The image to be transmitted is selected by the data designating means 101A. Step c 2>

As the data transmission method, the transmission destination and the event to start transmission are designated by the transmission method designation means 501A. Here, it is assumed that transmission is desired as soon as the flash card is inserted, and “insert flash card” is specified as the event. Figure 40 shows an example of a screen for specifying data and specifying a transmission method.

Step c 3>

Until the decision button is pressed, the specification of steps c1 to c2 is accepted. If the decision button has been pressed, proceed to step c4.

Step c 4>

Generate event descriptor and destination descriptor.

Step c 5>

The file creation unit 104A converts the designated image data and each descriptor into a predetermined file format. Generated file Figure 41 shows an example.

The file writing unit 105A writes the file generated in step c5 to the flash card and ends the writing step.

Next, the operation of the data transmitting apparatus on the reading side will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Check if a flash card has been inserted. If a flash card has been inserted, proceed to step d2.

Step d 2>

Reads the descriptor file from the file read unit 106 A.

The file read in step d2 is divided into event descriptors and destination descriptors.

The divided destination descriptor is stored in the destination descriptor storage means 701A, and the event descriptor is stored in the event descriptor storage means 305A.

The event receiving unit 308 A receives the event described in the event descriptor. If the event is accepted, proceed to step d6. In this example, since the event is "force input", An event is considered to have occurred immediately upon a force entry.

The corresponding data file is read from the flash card based on the information of the transmission destination descriptor, the data transmission processing is performed by the data transmission unit 702A via the modem 703A, and the step is completed. .

In addition to the event of “card insertion”, the event for transmission is “event completion at a predetermined time by a timer” that specifies the time so that transmission is performed at a low time. May be set.

Further, it goes without saying that a storage medium other than the flash card may be used.

Furthermore, although image data has been described as transmission data, any digital data such as moving image facsimile data such as MPEG, facsimile data, and program data may be used.

Furthermore, by connecting the writing side to a telephone line, the set of each descriptor and data may be downloaded.

Further, the file creator of the present embodiment is an example of the file creator of the present invention, and the file writer of the present embodiment is an example of the file writer of the present invention. The method designating means is an example of the data processing method designating means of the present invention, and the file reading section of the present embodiment is a file reading section of the present invention. This is an example of a reading unit, and the data transmitting unit and the event receiving unit of the present embodiment are examples of the data processing unit of the present invention.

As described above, the writing side writes information on the destination of data transmission and the transmission time, etc., as an event-driven data processing descriptor along with the data to the recording medium, so that the data can be transmitted to the telephone line. Since it is possible to perform transmission processing simply by installing a device and inserting a recording medium, there are advantages such as the ability to solve problems such as telephone line routing.

(Second embodiment of the present invention 3)

FIG. 43 is a system configuration diagram on the write side according to the third embodiment of the present invention. Since FIG. 43 includes the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 27, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

In FIG. 43, 901 A is a heating control data input unit for inputting heating control data, and 902 A is a menu number for using heating control data and a condition for specifying conditions under which heating control data can be used. It is a designation means.

FIG. 44 shows a hard-air configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the system on the writing side configured as described above is executed. Figure 44 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Also, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIGS. 28 and 43 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. Figure 45 shows the system configuration on the heating (reading) side. Since the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 29 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In Fig. 45, 110A is a heating control unit that performs heating processing based on heating control data, 110A is a heating heater, and 110A is a menu number input or start button press. A user input unit 1104A for receiving a user input is a heating control data storage unit for storing heating control data used by the heating control unit 111A.

FIG. 46 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the system configured as described above is executed. Figure 46 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Further, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIGS. 28 and 45 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In recent years, many products have been released that allow fresh frozen foods to be eaten as they are, and fine heating control is desired in order to heat deliciously. It is also expected to be able to respond quickly to new products.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, an example will be described in which heating control data is recorded on a flash card and heating is performed by a microwave oven.

First, the writing of the heating control data to the flash card will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Step e 1>

Heating control data is input from the heating control data input means 9 0 1 A. Figure 48 shows an example of the input screen. The example of FIG. 48 shows that heating is performed at 600 W for 60 seconds and then at 800 W for 30 seconds.

The menu number as an event to read the heating data and the conditions such as the outside temperature are specified by the heating condition specification means 90A. For example, “1” is specified as the menu number, and the condition is that the outside air temperature is 0 degrees or more and 40 degrees or less.

Steps e 1 and e 2 are repeated until the heating control data and the heating conditions are designated. When the designation is completed, the process proceeds to step e 4.

Generate event descriptors and condition descriptors.

The file creation unit 104A converts the input heating control data and each descriptor into a predetermined file format. Figure 49 shows an example of the generated file.

Step e 6〉

The file generated in step e5 is written to the flash card by the file writing section 105A, and the step ends.

Next, the operation of the data transmitting apparatus on the reading side is shown in the flow chart of FIG. This will be described using one chart.

When a flash card is inserted, the CPU is interrupted. When the flash card is inserted, the process proceeds to step f2.

Reads the descriptor file from the file read unit 106A.

Step f 3>

The file read out in step f2 is divided into event descriptors and condition descriptors.

The divided condition descriptor is stored in the condition predicate storage means 304A, and the event descriptor is stored in the event descriptor storage means 304A.

Step f 5>

The event receiving unit 308 A receives the event described in the event descriptor. If the event is accepted, proceed to step f6. In this example, the input of the menu number from the user input section 1103A is accepted as an event.

Step f 6>

When the input of the menu number is accepted, the corresponding event descriptor is searched, and it is checked whether or not the condition of the condition descriptor is satisfied. If so, the process proceeds to step f7.

Step f 7>

The corresponding heating control data is read out from the file reading unit 310A and stored in the heating control data storage unit 110A.

Step f 8〉

When the start button is pressed from the user input section 1103A, an event occurs. If so, go to step f9.

Step f 9>

Using the data of the control data storage unit 110 A, the heating control unit 110 A controls the heating heater 110 A to perform heating. This ends the steps.

As a storage medium, a bar code or a magnetic card may be used in addition to the flash card.

Furthermore, the condition described in the condition descriptor may be anything other than the outside air temperature, such as the inside temperature and the weight of foodstuffs.

In addition, heating control of a microwave oven and the like has been described here as an example.However, if input from the operation panel is used as an event and sensor information is used as a condition, it can be applied to control of a washing machine, a vacuum cleaner, etc. It is possible. For example, the same washing method as that of a new model can be easily realized simply by downloading a new washing method to a recording medium and inserting it into a washing machine.

Further, the file creation unit of the present embodiment is an example of a file creation unit of the present invention. The file writing section of the present embodiment is an example of the file writing means of the present invention, and the heating condition specifying means of the present embodiment is an example of the data processing means of the present invention. The file reading unit is an example of a file reading unit of the present invention. The heating control unit, the condition evaluation unit, and the event receiving unit of the present embodiment are examples of the data processing unit of the present invention. Heating heater @tt This is an example of the heating means of the present invention.

As described above, by writing the heating control data to the recording media along with the data as an event-driven data processing descriptor on the writing side, it is possible to perform detailed heating control for each menu, and it is easy to respond to new menus Can be done.

(Second embodiment of the present invention 4)

FIG. 51 is a system configuration diagram on the writing side according to the fourth embodiment of the second invention. Since FIG. 51 includes the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 27, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In FIG. 51, 1301A is a related information designating means for designating related information of a string, and 1302A is an event for displaying related information such as an operation of selecting a program in a program table. And display condition specifying means for specifying conditions under which related information can be displayed. FIG. 52 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the data creation system configured as described above is executed. Figure 52 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Further, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIGS. 28 and 51 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

Figure 53 shows the system configuration on the display (readout) side. The system shown in Fig. 29 In order to include the same components as the components of the system, the same components will be assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted. In FIG. 53, 1501A is related information display means for reading and displaying related information from a storage medium, and 1502A is program selection means for allowing a user to select a radio program displaying related information. is there.

FIG. 54 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the system configured as described above is executed. Figure 54 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Also, in order to include the same components as those of the system shown in FIGS. 28 and 53, the same components will be assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

Here, an example is shown in which program-related information such as notices and performer profiles are recorded on a CD_ROM, and when a program is selected on the display side, the relevant information is read out and displayed. I'll explain.

First, the creation of program-related information for creating CD-ROM data will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The related information of the program is specified by the related information specifying means 1301A. Here, it is assumed that the file name of the already created data is specified.

Specify the program identifier obtained when a program in the program table is selected as an event for displaying related information. As the condition descriptor, it is assumed that the condition that the program is being broadcasted by time and the related information is displayed outside the program broadcasting time by default is given. For example, even with the same selection operation, the program being broadcast is displayed by this condition descriptor if the program is being broadcast, and if not, the related Information can be displayed.

Repeat steps g l and g 2 until you have selected all the information you want to tell CD-ROM. Go to step g 4.

Step g 4>

Generate event descriptors and condition descriptors for all selected information.

Step g 5>

The file creation unit 104A converts the input related information and each descriptor into a predetermined Fino expression. Figure 56 shows an example of the generated file.

Step g 6>

The file generated in step g5 is written out by the file writing unit 105A as the CD-ROM master, and the step ends.

In practice, the CD-ROM is pressed from the master created here. Next, the operation on the display (reading) side will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

C D—Check the power of the inserted ROM. If C D—ROM is installed, go to step h2.

The file of the descriptor is read from the file reading unit 106 A.

The file read in step f2 is divided into event descriptors and condition descriptors. Step h 4>

The divided condition descriptor is stored in the condition descriptor storage means 304A, and the event descriptor is stored in the event descriptor storage means 304A.

Step h 5>

The event receiver 308 A receives the event described in the event descriptor. If the event is accepted, go to step f6. In this example, the fact that a program in the program guide is selected is accepted as an event.

Step h 6>

When the selection of the program is accepted, it is checked whether or not the condition of the condition descriptor of the corresponding related information is satisfied. If the condition is satisfied, go to step f7. In this example, the scheduled broadcast time zone is compared with the current time obtained from the timing means 31 OA, and the condition is satisfied that the current time is included in the scheduled broadcast time zone.

The corresponding relevant information is read from the file reading section 310A, and displayed on the relevant information display means 1501A, and the step is ended. The display method can be anything, such as a pop-up display, a two-screen display, or a picture-in-picture.

The storage medium may be anything other than a CD-ROM, such as a ROM such as a DVD-ROM, or a floppy disk.

As described above, by writing related information on the recording medium along with the data as an event-driven data processing descriptor (rule) on the writer side, it is only necessary to prepare an interpreter for the rule on the reading side. Cooperation such as display can be realized. Generally, in the electronic thread guide, the words Because the amount of information that can be provided is limited, it is difficult to send information in detail. Therefore, the user's merits can be expanded by inserting related information recording the descriptor of the present invention into a CD-ROM in cooperation with a publishing medium such as a program guide.

Note that the file creation unit of the present embodiment is an example of the file creation unit of the present invention, and the file writing unit of the present embodiment is an example of the file writing unit of the present invention. The means is an example of the data processing method designating means of the present invention. The file reading unit of the present embodiment is an example of the file reading means of the present invention. The event receiving unit is an example of the data processing unit of the present invention.

It should be noted that an event time constraint descriptor, a condition time constraint descriptor, and a processing time constraint descriptor which impose a time constraint on the event descriptor, the condition descriptor, and the data processing descriptor of the present invention can be provided. If the event time constraint descriptor is specified, the acceptance of the event is valid only during the time period specified in the event time constraint descriptor. It is possible to prevent the event from being accepted during other times. The condition time constraint descriptor is described in ¾ ^. The condition is determined in the time zone described in the condition time constraint descriptor. It is possible not to judge the condition at other times. The processing time constraint descriptor is described: In ^, data processing is indicated in the time zone in which the processing time constraint descriptor is described. During the rest of the day, processing can not be performed. By imposing a time constraint in this way, the data processing method can be specified more flexibly.

Note that, in the above embodiment, the present invention does not interrupt the CPU. However, the events of the present invention are not limited to these, but include events that need to be monitored and events that occur from outside. Furthermore, the functions of all or some of the components of the event-driven type file creation device, the event I type file reading device, the data storage method or the data processing method of the present invention are implemented in a software manner using a computer. ^ ¾ It doesn't matter if you use a special hardware circuit or β.

Furthermore, an event-driven file creation device, an event-driven file reading device, a data storage method or a data processing method according to the present invention. A program recording medium storing the program also belongs to the present invention.

Next, each embodiment of the third invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Third Embodiment of the Present Invention 1)

FIG. 58 is a system configuration diagram on the transmitting side according to the first embodiment of the third invention. In FIG. 58, 101 B is a signal encoding unit that performs appropriate encoding processing including compression and the like on a broadcast signal, and 102 B is additional information synchronized with encoding of the signal encoding unit. Storage location Identifier that encodes the identifier 1 Encoder, 103 B is the identifier that encodes the transfer destination identifier in synchronization with the encoding of the signal encoder, 2 Encoder, 104 B is the signal An additional information encoding unit that encodes additional information in synchronization with encoding of the encoding unit; 105 B is a multiplexing unit that performs multiplexing processing of encoded broadcast signals, identifiers, and additional information; 1 06 B is a transmission unit that performs processing required for transmission such as channel codec modulation on the multiplexed signal, 107 B is an up-converter that modulates to a predetermined high frequency, and 108 B is a transmission antenna It is.

FIG. 59 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the transmission side system configured as described above is executed. Figure 59 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Further, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 58 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In FIG. 59, 202 B is a main storage device composed of a volatile memory for storing programs, and 203 B is an auxiliary storage device composed of a non-volatile memory for storing programs and data. 1 B is a CPU for executing a program stored in the main storage device 202B. As described above, the hardware configuration is basically the same as that of a general-purpose computer system, and the programs stored in the auxiliary storage device 203B are stored in the main storage device 202B. After that, it is executed by the CPU 201B.

Figure 60 shows the system configuration on the receiving side. In FIG. 60, 310 B is a receiving antenna, 302 B is a downconverter for modulating a satellite wave received from the receiving antenna to a predetermined low frequency, 303 B is a receiving tuner for digital broadcasting, 304 B transmits the signal selected by the tuner 303 B to a broadcast signal composed of video information and audio information, an additional information storage location identifier, a transfer destination identifier, and an appendix. A separating unit for separating the coded additional information, 305 B is a signal decoding unit for decoding the coded broadcast signal, and 306 B is one or more identifiers for decoding the coded additional information storage location identifier. 307 B is an identifier that decodes the encoded transfer destination identifier.

8B is an additional information decoding unit that decodes the encoded additional information, 310B is a transfer unit that transfers additional information based on the device identifier or transfer destination identifier, and 310B is a monitor. , 3 1 1 B is the speed.

FIG. 61 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the system configured as described above is executed. Figure 61 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Also, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 59 and FIG. 61 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

The operation of the system configured as described above will be described in the order of the transmitting side and the receiving side. The operation on the transmitting side will be described using the flowchart in FIG.

Appropriate encoding processing including compression and the like is performed by a signal encoding unit 101B on a video signal such as a standard television signal and a high-vision signal, and a broadcast signal composed of audio information related thereto.

By a predetermined means, it is checked whether there is additional information related to the broadcast signal coded in step a1, and if there is additional information, Goes to step a3. If not, go to step a8. <Step a 3>

It is determined whether or not the additional information is multiplexed with the broadcast signal and transmitted by a predetermined means. If the additional information is to be transmitted, the process proceeds to step a4. If the receiving device is to access via a network or the like, proceed to step a5.

Step a 4>

The additional information to be multiplexed and transmitted is encoded by the additional information encoding unit 104B in the same manner as in step a1.

The storage location of the additional information is designated by a predetermined means, and encoding is performed by the identifier 1 encoding unit 102B. When multiplexing and transmitting a broadcast signal, specify an identifier corresponding to a file name for specifying which part of the multiplexed and transmitted additional information. When referring to a file on a network, a URL address used by an Internet browser or the like shall be specified.

By a predetermined means, a mail type and a model name of a device for which the additional information is to be used are given according to a predetermined naming method, and this is given as a transfer destination identifier, which is encoded by the identifier 2 encoding unit 103B. Perform the conversion.

Step a 7〉 The multiplexing unit 105B performs multiplexing processing using the coded broadcast signal, the additional information, the additional information storage location identifier, and the transfer destination identifier as inputs.

Step a 8>

The transmission unit 106B performs necessary processing such as channel codec and modulation on the signal multiplexed in step a7 to modulate it into a digital broadcast transmission signal.

The signal passes through the upconverter 107B and is transmitted to the broadcasting satellite by the transmission antenna 108B.

An example of the transmitting side will be described with reference to the drawings. Fig. 63 shows an example in which the additional information storage location identifier, the transfer destination identifier, and the additional information are multiplexed and transmitted to the cooking program. The cooking program consists of the video data of slot 1 and the audio data of slot 2. Further, the slot 3 transmits data in which an additional information storage location identifier indicating a storage location of additional information related to a cooking program and a transfer destination identifier indicating a device to which the additional information is used are paired. The transfer destination identifier should be uniquely determined according to a predetermined naming method such as “N-NE-〇〇〇〇” (〇〇〇〇 is the model ID) if it is a microwave oven of N company. Can be done. In the example of FIG. 63, the microwave oven heating control data is transmitted to slot 4 as additional information. This heating control data is used by the peripheral device specified by the transfer destination identifier and connected to the receiving device. By using such a transmission method for digital broadcasting, for example, a device maker can multiplex device control data and the like as additional information of an advertisement and transmit the multiplexed data. Remote services can be broadcast to devices connected by. For example, if a defect is found in a product program, it can be dealt with more quickly and at lower cost than the conventional ROM replacement method.

Note that the additional information itself does not necessarily have to be multiplexed in the broadcast signal, and may be obtained via a network. It is acquired by the transfer unit 309 B in FIG. 60 through the internet (see the loop without multiplexing in step a 3 in FIG. 62).

Next, the operation of the receiving side will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

Step b 1>

The satellite wave received by the receiving antenna 301B is downconverted to a predetermined frequency band by the downconverter 302B and supplied to the digital demodulator via the digital broadcasting tuner 310B. To perform channel selection and demodulation processing.

Step b 2>

In step b1, the digital broadcast signal selected and demodulated is separated into a program section consisting of video information and audio information, an additional information storage location identifier, a transfer destination identifier, and additional information by a separating section 304B. . <Step b 3>

The identifier 1 decoding unit 3006B checks whether or not there is an additional information storage location identifier in the received signal, and if there is, proceeds to step b4. If not, the step ends.

The additional information storage location identifier is analyzed by a predetermined means, and it is checked whether the additional information is multiplexed on the broadcast signal. If the additional information is multiplexed on the broadcast signal, go to step b5. If not, go to step b6.

Step b 5>

The additional information multiplexed on the broadcast signal is decoded by the additional information decoding unit 308B.

Step b 6>

The transfer unit 309B searches for additional information according to the additional information storage location identifier, and if found, sends it to the receiving device. If it is multiplexed, it is obtained from the additional information decoding unit 308B. If it is obtained through the Internet, it is obtained from its URL.

Step b 7>

If the additional information can be obtained according to the additional information storage location identifier, the process proceeds to step b8. If the acquisition of additional information fails, such as when the additional information storage location is incorrect, the process ends. <Step b 8>

The transfer section 309 B is composed of an identifier 2 and a decryption section 307 B. The transfer destination identifier indicating which peripheral device the additional information acquired in step b7 is for is extracted from the received signal.

By a predetermined means, it is checked whether or not the peripheral device indicated by the transfer destination identifier is connected. If it is connected, the process proceeds to step b10, otherwise, the process ends.

Step b 1 0>

The transfer unit 309B transfers the additional information to the peripheral device indicated by the transfer destination identifier. For example, when a signal such as that shown in FIG. 64 described on the transmitting side is received and this cooking program is selected on the receiving side, the received signal is separated and the additional information storage location identifier is decoded. In this example, since the additional information is multiplexed with the received signal, the additional information is decoded, and further, the transfer destination identifier is decoded. Here, it is assumed that the additional information is data of a new cooking menu, and the microwave oven of Company N is specified as the transfer destination identifier. If the microwave oven of Company N is connected to the receiver, the decoded additional information is transferred to the microwave oven. Assuming that the oven range has a function to add and modify cooking data, a new cooking menu will be automatically added and available without human intervention based on the transferred data.

The additional information may be anything other than control data, such as audio data, image data, drivers (firmware), scripts, executable programs, and the like. The following may be used. Also, the device identifier and transfer destination

Needless to say, the P 戠 0J identifier may indicate the receiving device itself, or may indicate an external device having functions such as display, output (printing), and storage. As a result, the processing method of the additional information can be independently set and added on the device to be used or on the device of the transfer destination irrespective of the function of the receiving device. For example, the peripheral device can freely use additional information according to individual needs, such as printing or temporarily storing information by the user.

Further, a plurality of transfer destinations may be designated as the transfer destination identifier multiplexed to the broadcast signal. There is a service called LCR that automatically selects a low-priced telephone line to power a telephone. This service uses a telephone line to distribute telephone bills, such as fax machines and telephones. However, there is a problem that services can only be used with the equipment installed upstream if the devices are connected in series. However, according to the present invention, the receiving device can be multiplexed as a supplementary information to the broadcast signal with a device identifier indicating the maker or model of a telephone or fax machine that can use the telephone fee table of each telephone company, and transmitted. The device side retrieves the device identifier, and if the relevant device is connected to the receiving device, retrieves the corresponding additional information and transfers it to the relevant device, so that multiple communication devices can receive the LCR service It is possible to do so. If the device corresponding to the device identifier is not connected, it is received without being transferred. Additional information is discarded.

Further, by using a transfer condition identifier in addition to the transfer destination identifier, the transfer may be controlled in accordance with the user profile information stored in the receiving device. As a result, when it is desired to provide a value-added service only to a specific user, such as a member enclosing service, the transfer condition identifier is multiplexed and transmitted in addition to the transfer destination identifier, and the transfer Conditions can be set finely. For example, a broadcast signal in which an idle singer appears in a music broadcast program or the like is used as additional information with a photographic image of the idle singer, and the input of the fan club membership number is specified in the transfer condition identifier, so that the receiving device When a fan club membership number is entered using the numeric keypad, a program-linked service that allows the user to view idol photographic images on a connected PC can be realized.

As described above, in the third invention, the peripheral device connected to the receiving device is determined by the home bus or IEEE1394, and the additional information separated from the transmission signal is transmitted to the peripheral device specified by the transfer destination identifier on the transmitting device side. The purpose of this invention is to provide a transmitting device and a receiving device that can update firmware / software of peripheral devices or data by utilizing digital broadcasting by transferring.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, if the information transfer protocol between the receiving device and the peripheral device is followed, the information can be transferred to the peripheral device specified by the transmitting device regardless of the information content or format. And There is no need to support peripheral device-specific control commands in the receiving device.

Although the third embodiment of the present invention takes digital broadcasting as an example in the above embodiment, it is of course applicable to analog broadcasting.

Also, since the device connected to the receiving device is determined, data transfer can be performed only when the specified device is connected, and the device maintenance service can be performed by simultaneous distribution using CM broadcasting. It is possible to perform it all at once.

The present invention is also a medium storing a program capable of realizing all or a part of each means, each unit, and each step of the present invention described above.

In addition, the present invention may implement each means and each unit with dedicated hardware having the respective functions, or may implement the invention using software with software realizing the respective functions. .

By the way, in the third aspect of the present invention, data is transferred to a peripheral device connected to the receiving device without user's operation, but the user determines whether to transfer data to the peripheral device. There is an inconvenience that you cannot do it.

In general, many devices used at home do not have sufficient memory, so it is impossible to accumulate all transferred data. In the third aspect of the present invention, a method for automatically determining data transfer based on the transfer condition identifier is proposed. In some cases, it is easier and more efficient for the user to make a transfer determination.

Then, each embodiment of the fourth present invention which solves such a disadvantage of the third present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Fourth embodiment of the present invention 1)

As an embodiment, a transmission method and a reception method for digital broadcasting will be described. FIG. 65 is a system configuration diagram on the transmitting side according to the first embodiment of the fourth invention. In Fig. 65, 101B is a signal encoding unit that performs appropriate encoding processing including compression etc. on the broadcast signal, and 102C is stored in synchronization with the encoding of the signal encoding unit. A storage location identifier encoder that encodes a location identifier, 103 C is a destination identifier encoder that encodes a destination identifier in synchronization with the encoding of the signal encoder, 104 C Is a user acknowledgment information encoder that encodes user acknowledgment information in synchronization with the encoding of the signal encoder, and 105C encodes additional information in synchronization with the encoding of the signal encoder. Additional information encoding unit, 106 C is a multiplexing unit that multiplexes coded broadcast signals, identifiers, and additional information, and 107 C is a channel codec and modulation for multiplexed signals. Transmitter that performs processing required for transmission such as transmission, 108 C is an upconverter that modulates to a predetermined high frequency, and 109 C is transmission It is a container.

FIG. 66 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the transmission side system configured as described above is executed. Figure 66 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Also in Figure 65 Since the same components as those of the system shown are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In FIG. 66, 202 C is a main storage device composed of a volatile memory for storing programs, and 203 C is an auxiliary storage device composed of a non-volatile memory for storing programs and data. 0 1 C is a CPU that executes a program stored in the main storage device 202 C. As described above, this hardware configuration is basically the same as a general-purpose computer system, and the programs stored in the Urasuke storage device 203C are loaded into the main storage device 202C. Before being executed by the CPU 201C.

Figure 67 shows the system configuration on the receiving side. In FIG. 67, 301 C is a receiving antenna, 302 C is a downconverter for modulating a satellite wave received from the receiving antenna to a predetermined low frequency, 303 C is a receiving tuner for digital broadcasting, and 3◦4 C is a separation unit that separates the signal selected by the tuner into a broadcast signal consisting of video information and audio information, an additional information storage location identifier, a transfer destination identifier, and additional information. A signal decoding unit for decoding the encoded broadcast signal, 306 C is a storage location identifier decoding unit for decoding the encoded storage location identifier, and 307 C is a coded destination identifier. The transfer destination identifier decoding unit for encoding, 308 C is an additional information decoding unit for decoding the encoded additional information, and the 309 C is the user identification information for decoding the encoded user identification information identifier. Descriptor decoding section, 310 C measures the time of monitor output Make The time measurement unit, 311C is the transfer unit that transfers additional information based on the device identifier or transfer destination identifier, 312C is the monitor, and 311C is the speed.

FIG. 68 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the system configured as described above is executed. Figure 68 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system.

Further, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIGS. 66 and 67 are included, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

The operation of the system configured as described above will be described in the order of the transmitting side and the receiving side. The operation on the transmitting side will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

Step a 1>

Appropriate encoding processing including compression and the like is performed by the signal encoding unit 101C on video information such as standard television signals and high-vision signals, and broadcast signals composed of audio information related thereto.

Step a 2>

It is checked whether there is additional information related to the broadcast signal encoded in step a1, and if there is additional information, the process proceeds to step a3. If not, go to step a8.

Step a 3>

When the additional information is multiplexed with the broadcast signal and transmitted, the process proceeds to step a4. Receive data from the receiving device via a network, etc. If so, proceed to step a5.

The additional information to be multiplexed and transmitted is encoded by the additional information encoding unit 104C in the same manner as in step a1.

The storage location of the additional information is specified, and the storage location identifier encoding unit 1022C encodes the additional information. When transmitting by multiplexing with a broadcast signal, specify an identifier corresponding to a file name for specifying which part of the additional information to be multiplexed and transmitted.

When referring to a file on a network, a UR address used by an Internet browser or the like shall be specified.

The manufacturer type and model name of the device to which the additional information is to be used are given according to a predetermined naming method, and this is given as a transfer destination identifier, and is encoded by the transfer destination identifier encoding unit 103C.

Step a 7>

Information to be confirmed by the user is specified, and encoding is performed by the user confirmation information identifier encoding unit 104C.

The multiplexing unit 106C performs multiplexing processing with the coded broadcast signal, the additional information, the additional information storage location identifier, and the device identifier used as inputs. Step a 9>

The signal multiplexed in step a8 is subjected to necessary processing such as channel decoding and modulation by the transmission unit 107C, and is modulated into a digital broadcast transmission signal.

Step a 10>

The signal passes through the upconverter 108C and is transmitted to the broadcasting satellite by the transmitting antenna 109C.

An example of the transmitting side will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 70 shows an example in which the storage location identifier, the transfer destination identifier, the user confirmation information identifier, and the additional information are multiplexed and transmitted to the CM of the frozen food. The CM of frozen foods consists of slot 1 video data and slot 2 audio data. Further, data is transmitted to slot 3 as a pair of a storage location identifier indicating the storage location of the additional information on the CM of the frozen food and a transfer destination identifier indicating the device for which the additional information is to be used. If the transfer destination identifier is, for example, the microwave oven of Company N,

It can be uniquely determined according to a predetermined naming method such as “N-NE-〇〇〇〇” (〇〇〇〇 is model ID).

In the example of FIG. 70, the microwave oven control data for optimal heating of the frozen food is transmitted to the slot 4 as additional information. This control data is used in the corresponding microwave oven connected to the receiving device based on the transfer destination identifier. In addition, the information described in the user confirmation information descriptor transfers data on the receiving device side. Output to the monitor when using it.

By using such a digital broadcasting transmission method, control data of the device can be multiplexed and transmitted as additional information of the CM, and the corresponding model can be connected by using the user confirmation information descriptor. If so, it will be possible to confirm on the screen that the transfer is in progress.

Note that the additional information itself does not necessarily have to be multiplexed with the broadcast signal, but may be obtained via a network. In other words, in the broadcast, only the information on the method of obtaining the additional information may be flowed, and the actual additional information may be obtained from the Internet access store. Also, the transmitting side does not limit how the identifiers and descriptors are used on the receiving side.

Next, the operation on the receiving side will be described using the flowchart in FIG.

Step b 1>

The satellite wave received by the receiving antenna 301C is downconverted to a predetermined frequency band by the downconverter 302C and supplied to the digital demodulator via the digital broadcasting tuner 303C to select a channel. Perform demodulation processing.

Step b 2>

In step b1, the channel selected and demodulated digital broadcast signal is separated by a separating unit 304C into program information including video information and audio information, a storage location identifier, a transfer destination identifier, and additional information. <Step b 3>

Identifier 1 Decoding section 306C checks whether there is a storage location identifier in the received signal, and if so, proceeds to step b4. If not, the step ends.

Analyze the storage location identifier and check if the additional information is multiplexed in the broadcast signal.

If the additional information is multiplexed on the broadcast signal, the process proceeds to step b5. If not, proceed to step b6.

Step b 5〉

The additional information multiplexed on the broadcast signal is decoded by the additional information decoding unit 308C.

Storage location identifier (the additional information is searched accordingly, and if found, it is ordered to the receiving device.

Step b 7〉

If additional information can be obtained according to the storage location identifier, go to step b8. If the acquisition of additional information fails, such as when the storage location of the additional information is incorrect, the step ends.

Step b 8〉

The user confirmation information descriptor decoding section 3 9C extracts the user confirmation information descriptor describing the confirmation information for the user from the received signal. Step b 9〉

The contents of the user confirmation information descriptor extracted in step b8 are output to the monitor 312C.

Activate a timer to measure the monitor output time. <Step b 1 1>

The transfer destination identifier decoding unit 300C extracts from the received signal a transfer destination identifier indicating which peripheral device the additional information obtained in step b7 is for.

Step b 1 2>

The additional information is transferred to the peripheral device indicated by the transfer destination identifier.

Step b 1 3>

After the timer is started, it is checked whether a predetermined time has elapsed. If the predetermined time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step b14, and the monitor output of the user confirmation information ends.

For example, when a signal such as that shown in FIG. 71 described on the transmitting side is received, when the CM is viewed on the receiving side, the received signal is separated and the additional information storage location identifier is decoded. In this example, since the additional information is multiplexed into the received signal, the additional information and the user confirmation information descriptor are decoded, and the transfer destination identifier is further decoded. Here, the additional information is the data on how to warm up the newly released frozen vinegar pork, and the user confirmation information descriptor contains “ Message "is described, and it is assumed that the microwave oven of Company N is specified as the transfer destination identifier. First, in synchronization with the CM broadcast, “Warming is being downloaded” is displayed on the monitor for 10 seconds. Fig. 72 shows the state of the monitor output here. Next, the decrypted additional information is transferred to the specified microwave oven. In the microwave oven to which the additional information has been transferred, the optimal warming data will allow the frozen vinegar pork to be warmed deliciously.

The user confirmation information descriptor may be image data other than the text data to be displayed on the monitor, melody or audio data, or a combination thereof.

According to this embodiment, the user can easily confirm the contents of the additional information to be transferred.

(Fourth Embodiment of the Present Invention 2)

A receiving method for digital broadcasting will be described as an embodiment.

FIG. 73 shows a system configuration according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 73, the same parts as those in the system configuration shown in FIG. 3 1 1C is a transfer unit that transfers additional information based on the device identifier or transfer destination identifier.In this system configuration, the transfer end is notified to the user confirmation information descriptor decoding unit. The point that notification is possible is different from the system configuration in Fig. 67.

In this embodiment, the system configured as described above is executed. Figure 4 shows the hardware configuration diagram. Figure 74 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Also, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIG. 68 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and explanations thereof are omitted.

The operation of the receiving system configured as described above will be described using the flow chart in FIG.

Will be explained.

Steps c1> to <step c9> perform the same processing as steps b1> to <step b9> described in the first embodiment. Step c 10>

The transfer destination identifier decoding section 300C extracts from the received signal a transfer destination identifier indicating which peripheral device the additional information obtained in step b7 is for.

Step c 1 1>

Transfer the additional information to the peripheral device indicated by the transfer destination identifier

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Step c 1 2>

It is checked whether the transfer of the additional information has been completed. If the transfer has been completed, the process proceeds to step c13 to terminate the monitor output of the user confirmation information.

As in the first embodiment, assuming that the heating control data of the microwave oven is downloaded from the CM, the message “Downloading warming” is displayed at the end of the download. Because it is finished, it is convenient to check whether reading to the microwave has been completed.

(Embodiment 3)

A receiving method for digital broadcasting will be described as an embodiment. FIG. 76 shows the system configuration of the receiving side according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 76, the same parts as those of the system configuration shown in FIG. Reference numeral 501C denotes a user input unit for receiving an input from a user regarding display of user confirmation information.

FIG. 77 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the system configured as described above is executed. Figure 77 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Also, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIGS. 68 and 76 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

The operation of the receiving system configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

<Step d1> to <Step d9> perform the same processing as Step b1> to <Step b9> described in the first embodiment. Step d 1 0>

The input from the user input section 501 is received. If the confirm button is pressed, proceed to step d11.

Step d 1 1〉

Acquired by the transfer destination identifier decryption unit 307C in step b7 A transfer destination identifier indicating which peripheral device the added information is for is extracted from the received signal.

Step d 1 2>

As in the first embodiment, assuming that the heating control data of the microwave oven is downloaded from the CM, the transfer power is transmitted only when the user power confirmation button is pressed during the CM broadcast, so unnecessary data is transferred. There are advantages such as not being done. User confirmation information If the identifier is set to a description such as "Press the confirmation button to start the transfer", the operation procedure is easy to understand.

(Embodiment 4)

A receiving method for digital broadcasting will be described as an embodiment. FIG. 79 shows a system configuration of the receiving side according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 79, the same parts as those in the system configuration shown in FIG. Reference numeral 7001C denotes a transfer destination status check unit for checking the status of the transfer destination device connected to the receiving device.

FIG. 80 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the system configured as described above is executed. Figure 80 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Further, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIGS. 68 and 79 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. The operation of the receiving system configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

<Step e1> to <Step e7> perform the same processing as Step b1> to <Step b7> described in the first embodiment. <Step e 8>

Check whether the transfer destination described in the transfer destination identifier is ready to accept data. If ready, go to step e10, otherwise wait until ready. For example, when the receiving device and the transfer destination device are serially connected, it is possible to check whether the CTS signal of the transfer destination device is ready or not according to the ON or 〇FF force. <Step e 10>

As in the first embodiment, assuming that the heating control data of the microwave oven is down-loaded from the CM, even if the power of the transfer destination device is turned off, the data transfer is performed after the power is turned on. to be initiated, advantages such as reliably perform the data transfer, the mighty ^s. (Fifth Embodiment of the Present Invention 5)

A receiving method for digital broadcasting will be described as an embodiment. FIG. 82 shows the system configuration of the receiving side according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 82, the same parts as those in the system configuration shown in FIG. Reference numeral 901C denotes an identifier storage unit that stores a pair of a transfer destination identifier and additional information.

FIG. 83 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the system configured as described above is executed. Figure 83 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Further, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIGS. 68 and 82 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

The operation of the receiving system configured as described above is described using the flowchart of FIG.

Will be explained.

<Step f 1> to Step f 8> perform the same processing as Step e 1> to <Step e 8> described in the fourth embodiment. Step f 9>

Check whether the transfer destination described in the transfer destination identifier is ready to accept data. If ready, go to step f10; otherwise, go to step f11.

<Step f 1 1> The additional information and the destination identifier are paired and stored in the identifier storage unit. Here, a removable medium such as a flash card is used as the identifier storage unit.

As in the first embodiment, assuming that the heating control data of the microwave oven is downloaded from the CM, even when the transfer destination device is not connected, the data is stored in the identifier storage unit including a flash or the like. Can be kept. The stored data can be rewritten when the equipment is replaced or newly introduced.

(Fourth Embodiment of the Present Invention 6)

A receiving method for digital broadcasting will be described as an embodiment. FIG. 85 shows the system configuration of the receiving side according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 85, the same parts as those in the system configuration shown in FIG. 1101C is a destination candidate identifier decoding unit for decoding the encoded destination candidate identifier, and 1102C is a destination candidate identifier decoding for decoding the encoded destination candidate identifier. A transfer unit 1103C is a transfer destination candidate selection unit that provides a means for a user to select a transfer destination candidate.

FIG. 86 shows a hardware configuration diagram of the present embodiment in which the system configured as described above is executed. Figure 86 is basically the same as the configuration of a general-purpose computer system. Also, since the same components as those of the system shown in FIGS. 68 and 85 are included, the same components are assigned the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. The operation of the receiving system configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Steps g1> to <step g7> perform the same processes as steps b1> to <step b7> described in the first embodiment. Step g 8〉

The destination candidate descriptor decoding unit 11 1 2C extracts from the received signal a destination identifier indicating which peripheral device the additional information acquired in step g is for.

The transfer destination descriptor decoding unit 1102C extracts from the received signal a transfer destination candidate descriptor that describes a candidate for a peripheral device that can use the additional information obtained in step g5.

Step g 1 0>

The transfer destination identifier decoding unit 1101C extracts a transfer destination candidate identifier corresponding to the transfer destination candidate descriptor obtained in step g9 from the received signal.

The user's selection input is accepted from the transfer destination candidate selection unit 1103C, and if a valid transfer destination is selected, the process proceeds to step g12. <Step g 1 2>

The additional information is transferred to the peripheral device indicated by the transfer destination candidate identifier selected in step g12.

The equipment connected to the receiving device can use the same data It is conceivable that there are multiple 93s. For example, text data. You may also want to select the data storage location, such as sending to a directly connected device, saving at the receiver, or saving to the external storage of the receiver. As described above, when a plurality of transfer destination candidates can be assumed, the method of using the additional information is selected according to the user's preference by using the transfer destination candidate identifier and the transfer destination candidate descriptor of the present embodiment. It becomes possible.

Industrial applicability

According to the first aspect of the present invention, information in which data, events, conditions, and processing for data are combined can be described. According to the first aspect of the present invention, by receiving information in which data, events, conditions, and processing for data are grouped, the condition of the CPU can be increased without increasing the load on the CPU. Can be executed.

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to write data and information in which an event, a condition, and a process for data are grouped into a predetermined recording medium.

According to the present invention, the data and the destination of the data are: A pair of a destination descriptor to be specified and an event descriptor to specify an event to start transmission can be written in a predetermined storage medium.

Further, according to the present invention, a predetermined storage medium is formed by combining data describing a heating control method, a condition descriptor describing a condition for performing heating, and an event descriptor specifying a menu number to be input. Can be written to.

Further, according to the present invention, program related information, a condition descriptor describing a condition for displaying the related information, and selection of a program from the electronic program guide are associated with the related information as an event. Event descriptors can be written as a set to a predetermined storage medium.

Further, according to the present invention, data and information in which an event, a condition, and a process for the data are combined are read from a predetermined storage medium, and the event reception is set as a condition evaluation timing. The processing can be executed according to the result of

Further, according to the present invention, data, a transmission destination descriptor designating a transmission destination of data, and an event descriptor designating an event to start transmission are read from a predetermined storage medium, and are read into the event descriptor. Using the described event as a trigger, data can be automatically transmitted to the destination described in the destination descriptor.

Further, according to the present invention, data describing a heating control method, a condition descriptor describing conditions for performing heating using the data, and an event descriptor specifying a menu number to be input are stored in a predetermined storage medium. Heating can be performed based on data read from the body and associated with the input menu number.

Further, according to the present invention, the relevant information of a program, a condition descriptor describing conditions for displaying the relevant information of the program, and the selection of a program from the electronic program guide as an event correspond to the relevant information. The attached event descriptor is read from a predetermined storage medium, and when a program in the electronic program guide is selected, the condition of the condition descriptor can be determined and related information can be displayed.

As described above, in the transmission method and the reception method for digital broadcasting according to the present invention, the additional information storage location identifier indicating the storage location of the additional information relating to the broadcast signal including the video information and the audio information, and the additional information A device that can use multiplexed data as a destination identifier is transmitted, and the receiving side extracts additional information from the transmission signal or network using the additional information storage location identifier separated from the transmission signal, and transmits it. The extracted additional information can be transferred based on the transfer destination identifier separated from the signal. As a result, even when a new function is added to a peripheral device or when a new peripheral device is desired to be added, it is possible to connect to a receiving device using digital broadcasting without making significant changes on the receiving device side. Various data can be distributed to individual devices.

For example, when a new cooking menu of a microwave oven is multiplexed into a transmission signal as additional information, a storage location of the additional information in the transmission signal is a storage location of the additional information corresponding to a file name to be specified. By simultaneously multiplexing the identifier and the transfer destination identifier that specifies the model that can use the additional information and transmitting it, the receiving side extracts the new cooking menu as the additional information, and the corresponding electronic range is connected to the receiver. If so, the new cooking menu is transferred to the corresponding electronic range. If the compatible microwave oven has a function to automatically add and update the cooking menu when a new cooking menu is transferred, it is easy to easily add a cooking menu for hot-selling frozen food products and other services it can.

As described above, in the transmission method and the reception method according to the present invention, an additional information storage location identifier indicating a storage location of additional information related to a broadcast signal including video information and audio information, and a device that can use the additional information Is multiplexed as the destination identifier and transmitted.The receiving side extracts the additional information from the transmission signal or network using the additional information storage location identifier separated from the transmission signal, and describes the user confirmation information separated from the transmission signal. A child is displayed on the screen to prompt the user for confirmation, and the extracted additional information can be transferred based on the transfer destination identifier separated from the transmission signal. This would mean that the data could be updated without the user's knowledge, or the data could be transferred without being connected, while maintaining the advantage that the additional information could be easily used through the broadcast network. It is possible to avoid such troubles as before.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. Data consisting of at least one of characters, images, and voices, an event descriptor that describes an event that drives the processing of the self-data, and the processing conditions (including unconditional) for the self-data. A data transmission method characterized by a condition descriptor to be described and a data processing descriptor to describe a specific processing of the self data.

2. Event time constraint descriptor that describes the time zone in which the occurrence of the event is valid, Htlf self-condition descriptor that describes the time zone in which the condition is determined, Condition time constraint descriptor, Shuki 2. The data description method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a processing time constraint descriptor describing a time zone for performing data processing described in the data processing descriptor is referred to.

3. Receiving the data described in claim 1; the self-data, the return event descriptor, the disgusting condition descriptor, and the self-definition data processing descriptor, which are described by the language. When an event corresponding to the Kasumi event descriptor occurs, the data is characterized by satisfying the condition of the dislike condition descriptor, and further, processing the data based on the dislike data processing descriptor. Reception processing ^ method.

4. Receiving at least one of the event time constraint descriptor, the condition time constraint descriptor, and the data processing descriptor, which are obtained by the data coding method according to claim 2, When an event corresponding to the vulgar event descriptor occurs, the data must be processed based on the disgust data processing descriptor, while satisfying the conditions of the tooth condition descriptor. For the event time constraint descriptor, the occurrence of the event is validated accordingly, and for the condition time constraint descriptor, the condition of the dislike condition descriptor is determined in accordance therewith. A data reception processing method characterized by performing data processing according to a descriptor and according to the descriptor.

5. Digital broadcast data consisting of at least one of text, image, and audio, and an event descriptor that describes an event for driving processing of the disgusting data;

A conditional descriptor that describes the processing conditions (including unconditional) for the Hit self data and a data processing descriptor that describes the specific processing method for the tilt self data are multiplexed into an aloof A method of saying data for digital broadcasting characterized by saying:

6. Event time constraint descriptor that describes the time zone in which the occurrence of the event is valid, ltime condition descriptor that describes the time zone in which the conditions described in the condition descriptor are described, condition time constraint descriptor, tiltme 6.A method according to claim 5, wherein at least one of a processing time constraint descriptor describing a time zone for performing data processing described in a data processing descriptor is multiplexed with the broadcasted language. For digital broadcasting Data Language.

7. The lt self-data, the event descriptor, the disgusting condition descriptor, and the self-editing data processing descriptor, which are multiplexed and described by the digital broadcasting data description method according to claim 5. When the event corresponding to the edit event descriptor is received and the condition of the edit condition descriptor is satisfied, the data is processed based on the sukumi data processing descriptor. A method of receiving data for digital broadcasting, which has a small number of things.

8 · At least one of a return event time constraint descriptor, a touch condition time constraint descriptor, and a male data processing descriptor, which are multiplexed and described by the data transmission method according to claim 6. Upon receiving the above, when an event corresponding to the till self-event descriptor occurs, and when the conditions of the Stlt self-condition descriptor are satisfied, when processing the data based on the sukumi data processing descriptor, For the event time constraint descriptor, the occurrence of the event is validated accordingly, and the condition of the condition descriptor is determined according to the self-condition time constraint descriptor. A digital broadcasting data reception processing method in which data processing is performed in accordance with the data.

9. A program medium in which a program for realizing all or a part of each processing process in the data transmission method according to claim 1, 2 or 5 by a computer is stored.

10. Each processing in the data reception processing method according to claim 3, 4, 7 or 8. A computer-readable medium for implementing a program for implementing all or a part of a physical process on a computer.

11. The data coding method according to claim 1, wherein the event is an interrupt event to a central processing unit.

12. The data reception processing method according to claim 3, wherein the till own event is an interrupt event to the central processing unit β.

1 3. An event descriptor that describes the event that drives the processing performed on the receiving side, a condition descriptor that describes the conditions (including unconditional) for executing the self-processing, and the contents of the processing And a processing descriptor for describing the processing information.

14. The apparatus receives the event descriptor, the condition descriptor, and the processing descriptor transmitted by the processing information transmission method according to claim 13, and corresponds to the event descriptor. A processing information reception processing method, characterized in that when an event occurs, if the condition of the condition descriptor is satisfied, processing is performed based on the processing descriptor.

1 5. A data processing method designating means for designating a processing method for data,

File creation means for storing the data and the specified data processing method in a file, and writing the file on a recording medium An event-driven file creator comprising:

1 6. How to process the data

At least an event descriptor for specifying an event for driving a process on the data, a condition descriptor for describing a condition as to whether or not to perform a process on the data, and the data 16. The event-driven file creator according to claim 15, wherein the method uses a data processing descriptor that describes a specific processing method.

1 7. How to process the data

An event time constraint descriptor that describes a time zone for validating the event described in the event descriptor and a time zone for determining the condition described in the condition descriptor are described. A method that further uses at least one of a condition time constraint descriptor and a processing time constraint descriptor that describes a time zone for executing the data processing method described in the data processing descriptor. 17. The event-driven file creator according to claim 16, wherein:

1 8. How to process the data

16. The event driving method according to claim 15, wherein at least a destination descriptor for designating a destination of the data and an event descriptor for designating an event to start the transmission are used. Type file creation device.

1 9. The data is data describing the heating control method. And

How to process the data,

It is a method of using an event descriptor in which at least a menu key input is set as an event and associated with the data, and a condition descriptor describing a condition for performing heating using the data. An event-driven file creator according to claim 15, characterized in that:

20. The data is program related information,

How to process the data,

A method that uses a condition descriptor describing conditions for displaying related information of a program and an event descriptor associated with the related information using the selection of a program from the electronic program guide as an event 16. The event-driven file creator according to claim 15, wherein:

21. A file reading means for reading a file created by the event-driven file creating apparatus according to claim 15;

An event-driven type, comprising: data processing means for performing processing on the data read by the file reading means in accordance with the data processing method read by the file reading means. File reading device.

22. File reading means for reading a file created by the event-driven file creating apparatus according to claim 16;

An event is received based on the event descriptor, a timing of processing on the data is determined, and if the condition of the condition descriptor is satisfied, the data is determined based on the data processing descriptor. Data processing means for performing the processing of

Event driven file reading characterized by having

23. File reading means for reading a file created by the event-driven file creating apparatus according to claim 17;

An event is received based on the event descriptor, the timing of processing on the data is determined, and when the condition of the condition descriptor is satisfied, the specific data is determined based on the data processing descriptor. When processing,

When the event time constraint descriptor is described, the acceptance of the event is enabled in the time zone described in the event time constraint descriptor, and the determination of the condition is performed according to the condition time constraint description. If a child is described, the processing is performed in the time zone described in the conditional time constraint descriptor, and the specific processing of the data is performed. Data processing means to be performed during the time period described in the constraint descriptor;

An event-driven file creator comprising:

24. A file reading means for reading a file created by the event driven file creating apparatus according to claim 18.

Data processing means for receiving an event based on the event descriptor, and transmitting the data to the destination described in the destination descriptor at a timing when the event is received;

Event-driven file reader characterized by having

25. A file reading means for reading a file created by the event driven file creating apparatus according to claim 19.

Data processing means for receiving an event based on the event descriptor, and performing control according to the data heating control method when the condition of the condition descriptor is satisfied;

A heating unit controlled by the data processing unit to perform heating.

26. A file reading means for reading a file created by the event-driven file creating apparatus according to claim 20;

Data processing means for receiving an event based on the event descriptor, and performing control to display information related to the program as the data when the condition of the condition descriptor is satisfied;

A television receiving apparatus controlled by the data processing means, and comprising: an image receiving means for displaying the data or displaying a program.

2 7. Specify how to process the data,

Storing the data and how to process the data in a file,

A data storage method for writing the file on a recording medium, wherein a method of processing the data is:

At least an event descriptor that describes an event for driving the processing on the data, and a processing on the data. A data storage method characterized by using a condition descriptor that describes a condition of whether or not to perform the operation and a data processing descriptor that describes a specific processing method of the data.

28. Read one or more files created by the data storage method of claim 27,

Receiving an event based on the event descriptor and determining a timing of processing on the data;

A data processing method characterized by executing specific processing of data based on the data processing descriptor when a condition of the condition descriptor is satisfied.

29. A program storing a program for causing a computer to execute a part or all of the functions of each component of the apparatus according to any one of claims 15 to 26. recoding media.

30. A program recording storing a program for causing a computer to execute a part or all of the functions of each step of the method according to claim 27 or 28. Medium.

31. A transmission method characterized in that an additional information storage location identifier indicating a storage location of additional information and a transfer destination identifier indicating transfer information of the additional information are multiplexed and transmitted to a broadcast signal.

3 2. Additional information storage location identifier indicating storage location of additional information, transfer destination identifier indicating transfer destination information of the additional information, and addition A transmission method characterized by multiplexing a user confirmation information descriptor, which describes information that requires user confirmation with information, into a broadcast signal and transmitting the multiplexed information.

33. The transmission method according to claim 31, wherein the transfer destination identifier is an identifier including a name of a transfer destination device.

34. The transmission method according to claim 31, wherein the additional information comprises at least one of an image, a sound, and data.

35. The transmission method according to claim 31, wherein the additional information is version-up data of a device indicated by the transfer destination identifier.

36. The transmission method according to claim 31 or 32, wherein the additional information is multiplexed with a broadcast signal and transmitted.

37. The transmission method according to claim 31, wherein a transmission condition identifier indicating a transfer condition is further multiplexed and transmitted.

38. Receiving a broadcast signal in which an additional information storage location identifier indicating a storage location of the additional information and a transfer destination identifier indicating an identifier of a transfer destination to which the additional information is transferred are multiplexed. A broadcast receiving method characterized by extracting additional information based on a storage location identifier, and transferring the additional information based on the destination identifier.

39. The broadcast transmission method according to claim 38, wherein the transfer destination identifier is an identifier including a name of a transfer destination device.

4 0. Additional information storage location identifier indicating additional information storage location Receiving a broadcast signal in which a transfer destination identifier indicating a transfer destination identifier for transferring the additional information and a transfer condition identifier describing a transfer condition of the additional information are multiplexed; A broadcast receiving method comprising: extracting additional information based on an identifier; and transferring the additional information to a transfer destination described in the transfer destination identifier based on a transfer condition of the transfer condition identifier.

41. The broadcast receiving method according to claim 38, wherein the additional information comprises at least one of an image, a sound, and data.

42. The broadcast receiving method according to claim 38, wherein said additional information is data for purging up of a device indicated by a transfer destination identifier.

43. The broadcast receiving method according to claim 38, wherein the additional information is transmitted after being multiplexed with a broadcast signal.

4 4. Signal encoding means for encoding the broadcast signal, identifier 1 for encoding the additional information storage location identifier indicating the storage location of the additional information, 1 encoding means, and transfer indicating the destination information of the additional information An identifier for encoding the prior identifier; 2 encoding means; a multiplexing means for multiplexing the encoded broadcast signal, the additional information storage location identifier, and the transfer destination identifier; And a control means for controlling a part thereof.

45. Additional information storage location identifier indicating the storage location of additional information, and transfer destination identifier indicating the identifier of the transfer destination to transfer the additional information Separating means for separating a received signal multiplexed with another, identifier 1 decoding means for decoding the additional information storage location identifier, and additional information decoding means for decoding additional information based on the additional information storage location identifier An identifier for decoding the transfer destination identifier, a transfer unit for transferring the additional information based on the transfer destination identifier, and a control unit for controlling at least a part of each of the units. A broadcasting receiver characterized by the above-mentioned.

46. A broadcast transmission method characterized in that a transfer destination identifier indicating transfer destination information of additional information other than a broadcast signal is multiplexed with the broadcast signal and transmitted.

47. Receiving a broadcast signal in which a transfer destination identifier indicating a transfer destination identifier for transferring additional information other than a broadcast signal is multiplexed, extracting the additional information, and extracting the additional information based on the transfer destination identifier Receiving method for broadcasting, wherein

4 8. The additional information storage location identifier indicating the storage location of the additional information, the transfer destination identifier indicating the identifier of the transfer destination to which the additional information is transferred, and the contents that require the user to confirm the additional information are described. Receiving a broadcast signal in which a user confirmation information descriptor is multiplexed, extracting additional information based on the additional information storage location identifier, displaying the content of the user confirmation information descriptor on a screen for a predetermined time, A receiving method, wherein the additional information is transferred based on the transfer destination identifier.

4 9. A storage location identifier indicating the storage location of the additional information Receiving a broadcast signal in which a transfer destination identifier indicating an identifier of a transfer destination to which the additional information is transferred and a user confirmation information descriptor which describes details of the additional information that require user confirmation are received; The additional information is extracted based on the location identifier, the contents of the user confirmation information descriptor are output to a screen, and the additional information is transferred based on the transfer destination identifier. A receiving method characterized by terminating the screen output of the contents of the user confirmation information descriptor.

50. An additional information storage location identifier indicating a storage location of the additional information, a transfer destination identifier indicating an identifier of a transfer destination to which the additional information is transferred, and a content that requires user confirmation regarding the additional information are described. A broadcast signal in which a user confirmation information descriptor is multiplexed is received, additional information is extracted based on the storage location identifier, and the contents of the user confirmation information descriptor are monitored and output. And receiving the additional information on the basis of the transfer destination identifier.

51. A broadcast signal in which an additional information storage location identifier indicating a storage location of additional information and a transfer destination identifier indicating an identifier of a transfer destination to which the additional information is transferred is received, and the storage location identifier is received. Extracts additional information based on the transfer destination, checks the status of the transfer destination based on the transfer destination identifier, and prepares the transfer destination by combining the additional information and the transfer destination identifier when the transfer destination is not ready. A reception method characterized by holding data until completion of the reception.

5 2. A broadcast signal in which an additional information storage location identifier indicating a storage location of additional information and a transfer destination identifier indicating an identifier of a transfer destination to which the additional information is transferred is received, and the storage location identifier is received. The additional information is extracted based on the destination information, the status of the destination is confirmed based on the destination identifier, and when the destination is not ready, the additional information and the destination identifier are combined as a predetermined storage. A receiving method characterized by storing data in a location.

5 3. An additional information storage location identifier indicating a storage location of the additional information, a transfer destination candidate identifier indicating a transfer destination candidate to which the additional information is transferred, and a transfer destination candidate description describing a description of the transfer destination candidate The child receives the multiplexed broadcast signal, extracts additional information based on the storage location identifier, outputs the contents of the destination candidate descriptor, and receives an input of a destination specification from the user. A receiving method characterized in that a transfer is performed based on a transfer destination candidate identifier corresponding to a case.

5 4. Signal encoding means for encoding the broadcast signal, storage location encoding means for encoding the storage location identifier indicating the storage location of the additional information, and the transfer destination indicating the transfer destination information of the additional information Transfer destination identifier encoding means for encoding the identifier; user confirmation information descriptor encoding means for encoding a user confirmation information descriptor that describes the contents of the additional information that need to be confirmed by the user; Multiplexing means for multiplexing the broadcast signal, the additional information storage location identifier, and the transfer destination identifier.

5 5. The storage location identifier that indicates the storage location of the additional information, the transfer destination identifier that indicates the identifier of the transfer destination to which the additional information is transferred, and the user confirmation that describes the contents of the additional information that require user confirmation Separating means for separating a received signal in which an information descriptor is multiplexed, storage location identifier decoding means for decoding the storage location identifier, additional information decoding means for decoding additional information based on the storage location identifier, Image output means for outputting the contents of the user confirmation information descriptor to a monitor; transfer destination identifier decoding means for decoding the transfer destination identifier; and transfer means for transferring the additional information based on the transfer destination identifier. A receiving device comprising:

56. A program medium storing a program for realizing all or a part of the function of each means or each step according to any one of claims 31 to 55 by a computer.